The College Boat House and Gymnasium

The Marietta Register, January 15, 1880

An organization has been formed for the erection of a Boat House and Gymnasium for the students of Marietta College with the following officers: Chairman, Gen. Benjamin Dana Fearing; Secretary, A. D. Follett; Treasurer, S. J. Hathaway; Building Committee, M. P. Wells.

The location will be at the upper end of the City Park and the Boat House is expected to be completed by the next College Commencement. Several plans have been received and one of them will be decided upon soon. Subscription papers have been opened which our liberal minded citizens will have the pleasure of reading in due time. The Boat House to be put up will be an ornament to the Park and one of the finest in the country.

Gen. Fearing has had some correspondence with Secretary Sherman and has received from him the following interesting letter:

Treasury Department, Washington, January 5th, 1880.

        

My Dear Sir: Your letter of the 2d inst., enclosing the circular of Marietta College proposing a plan for the development of physical culture in connection with the College, is received.

I regard this as an important movement in the right direction. The great need of College life is, while developing the intellect and storing the mind with knowledge, to also secure to the student a strong body with sound limbs, so that in the struggle of life he may combine physical with mental training.

I have always regarded my experience as a junior rodman on the Muskingum Improvement, during which time I spend several very happy months in Marietta, as the most valuable period of my education. The exposure in the open air, the severe physical exercise, the necessity of taking responsibility and of obeying orders trained me for the most important duties of my after life.

The life of a boy between twelve and twenty will fix the habits and thoughts of the man in the subsequent years of his life. Therefore it is that I think any plan to develop the physical strength and vigor of the boy is as important a part of his education as the study of languages or mathematics, and I would regard the combination of the two as requisite to every school that undertakes to prepare men for active life.

Anything I can do to promote your plan will be cheerfully done, and I am glad that you are devoting a portion of your time to this subject.

Very truly Yours,

John Sherman

Old Warner Homestead Is Sold for $15,000

 Register-Leader, December 14, 1918

J. D. Dinsmoor, Oil Man, Buys Stately Residence Here for His Daughter

A contract for the sale of the old Warner homestead was executed Friday afternoon, whereby J. C. Dinsmoor, wealthy oil producer of Williamstown, purchased the property for his daughter, Mrs. D. B. Berlin, of North Dakota, who before her marriage was Cora Dinsmoor, and who with her family will occupy the residence, which is one of the finest in the city. Mr. and Mrs. Berlin, who have come here from North Dakota to locate, will occupy the property about the first of March, at which time it will be vacated by the Okey family, Mrs. David Okey being one of the Warner heirs from whom the property was purchased. Mr. Dinsmoor paid $15,000 for the property.

The Warner home was built and moved into by General Warner [Adoniram Judson Warner] in 1873. The property has some historical interest from the fact that during his residence there of about fifteen years, Gen. Warner was prominent in politics in the state and country. It was while living in the homestead that he served three terms in Congress and at the same time was engaged in the discussion of political and economic questions.

Many Distinguished Guests

During the occupancy of the property by General and Mrs. Warner a number of prominent men of the state and country made the house their headquarters from time to time on their visits to Marietta, sometimes as long as a week at a time. Among these distinguished guests at the Warner home was Judge Alphonso Taft of Cincinnati, father of the former President, William H. Taft, who visited with General Warner in company with his son, William P. Judge Taft was here campaigning at the time and remained for a week at the Warner home.

Another prominent visitor at the Warner home was Cyrus W. Field of New York, the promoter of the Atlantic cable, who was interested with General Warner in some coal lands and railroad lines. Judge Stanley Matthews of Cincinnati was also a frequent visitor at the Warner home. Senator Allen Thurman of Columbus was another celebrated guest. Several speakers at the Centennial in Marietta made the Warner home their headquarters during the celebration, among these being Randolph Tucker.

Gen. Warner, the original owner of the property was in the Civil War and an officer in the 10th Pennsylvania Reserves. He was severely wounded in the Battle of Antietam, also afterwards was injured in Gettysburg battle by a fall off his horse.

This deal will recall to the minds of many of the older residents the activity of General Warner. He built the Cleveland and Marietta Railroad and was responsible for the line and the success of the enterprise was due largely to his energy and activity.

The Warner homestead is a brick building and is one of the best constructed homes in Marietta. The site on which it is located contains about four acres. It is located in about the center of the population of the city.

Extensive changes were made to the Warner home on Butler StreetM by its new owners, including having the brick walls covered with stucco. When Marietta College acquired it in 1929, renowned architect J. Fredrick Larson redesigned and enlarged the structure to serve as a women's dormitory. It was named for Dorothy Webster Mills (1810-1894), who had come to Marietta from Massachusetts in 1835 as a teacher in the Marietta Female Seminary.

Old Marietta Papers - Number 26

 The Marietta Register, March 25, 1864

"Old Marietta Papers" was a series of columns compiled and published in 1863 and 1864 by Rodney M. Stimson, editor of "The Marietta Register."

The Institute of Education at Marietta was advertised at length in the "Friend" of September 11, 1830, by Rev. L. G. Bingham. It comprised four departments - Infant School, Primary School, High School, and Young Ladies' School.

March 24, 1831, Spring Term of the "Institute of Education" began. High School, Dr. N. P. Brown, a graduate of Williams College. Young Ladies' School, Miss Spalding from Ipswich Female Seminary, Massachusetts. Primary School, Miss Battelle and Miss Winchell. Infant School, Miss Howe. Writing School, Mr. A. Bingham.

April 1831, Rev. Mr. Bingham sold one-half of the "Institute of Education" to Mansfield French, who had been a teacher in the Preparatory Department of Kenyon College; after which Mr. French gave his attention to the management of the Institute.

Luther Bingham

July 1831, the young men of the High School in the Institute formed a "Manual Labor Association" - a kind of association just then beginning to come into notoriety in connection with educational institutions. By these associations, "Manual Labor," for a certain number of hours in a day, was compulsory upon the students - for health, the benefit of the pocket, etc. Shops were provided to work in and ground to labor upon. For some years these Manual Labor Associations had quite a "run," but for nearly a quarter of a century they have been among the "things that were." However good in theory, they failed in practice.

August 30 1831, David Putnam, Ephraim Cutler, Caleb Emerson, William R. Putnam, Dudley Woodbridge, John Cotton, Arius Nye, Luke DeWitt, and Levi Whipple, published a communication in the "Friend," that they had attended the examinations of the "Institute" and were "highly gratified with the management of the teachers and the progress of the scholars," etc.

March 15, 1832, in the evening a meeting of the friends of the "Institute" and of the advancement of education in Marietta was held - S. P. Hildreth, chairman, Douglas Putnam, secretary.

The Institute, it appears, had prospered so largely that it had outgrown its facilities for the accommodation of students. Mr. French, one of the proprietors (Rev. Mr. Bingham being the other), read a paper setting forth the wants of the Institute. Caleb Emerson, Arius Nye, and Dr. Cotton addressed the meeting. A committee of seven was appointed to consult upon the interests of the Institute and report an an adjourned meeting, Friday evening, March 23d, to-wit: C. Emerson, A. Nye, J. Cotton, D. Protsman, W. Thomas, R. Crawford, J. Whitney.

An able report in the premises was published in the "Friend" of April 7, 1832. The great advantage of Marietta for an institution of learning - health, beauty of location, etc., were duly set forth, as well as the profit to the town from such an institution. The result was a plan set on foot to erect a new building, donations for it to be received; also a Board of Trust was appointed, Caleb Emerson, James Whitney, S. P. Hildreth, John Cotton, Arius Nye, Weston Thomas, and Douglas Putnam.

April 7, 1832, the "Friend" announced: "The new building (for the Institute) is already commenced. It is to be very spacious and located on a high and healthful situation - far above the reach of our highest floods, and will have a very commanding prospect. The dimensions of the building are 75 by 40 feet. It is to be three stories in height, besides the basement story, with a dome above. The building, it is hoped, will be ready for the reception of scholars in the Fall."

Institute Building
(First Marietta College Building)

At this date the name "Institute of Education" appears to have been dropped for the "Marietta Collegiate Institute.."

About September 1, 1832, the Annual Catalogue was published. The number of pupils during the year was 230, of whom 117 were from abroad. Eight states were represented, among them: Massachusetts, Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, and Kentucky. In the High School, 33 had been in the languages. It was announced in the "Friend" as the intention of all concerned to make the Marietta Collegiate Institute an entirely public institution, so as to perpetuate its advantages on a permanent basis."

September 25, 1832, the Fall Term of the Marietta Collegiate Institute commenced. Miss Deborah Wells (subsequently Mrs. D. P. Bosworth) now became associated with Miss Spalding in the Ladies' Seminary; and "Mr. Smith," with Mr. French, in the High School. "Mr. Smith," then so humbly announced, was a graduate of Middlebury College, Vermont, and remained here nearly twenty-two years - became widely known as "Rev. Henry Smith, D.D., President of Marietta College," and since has been a Professor in Lane Theological Seminary, then Pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati, and now is Pastor of a Presbyterian church at Buffalo, New York.

Henry Smith

January 26, 1833, public notice was given that the Institute which had before that time been under the "exclusive control of Messrs. Bingham and French," had been recently incorporated by the name of "Marietta Collegiate Institute and Western Teachers' Seminary" and placed under the direction of a Board of Trustees appointed by the legislature, "with the view of making it a public institution, and thus enlarging the sphere of its operations, and extending its usefulness." In pursuance of this design, the Trustees called a public meeting to be held at Library Hall, Wednesday evening, February 6, 1833. The call was signed by John Cotton, L. G. Bingham, Jonas Moore, and Douglas Putnam, committee of the trustees.

February 6, 1833, Wednesday evening, public meeting for the Collegiate Institute, held at Library Hall, according to notice previously given. Rev. John Spalding from the East (a Home Missionary Agent, we believe) made an eloquent address; also Rev. Mr. McAboy, on the practicability and importance of elevating the standard of education in the West, as connected with the great and interesting objects proposed by the Board of Trustees at this meeting. Rev. Mr. Smith, then a teacher in the High School, spoke particularly upon the Manual Labor system in connection with education, enlarging upon its merits. Rev. Mr. Vail, of Lane Seminary, spoke of the striking advantages of this system and presented a plan for the Institute, as adopted by the Board, requiring $20,000 to carry it into effect. It was resolved unanimously to attempt to raise the $20,000 in the East and the West, within twelve months, and to make an effort to raise $8,000 or $10,000 in town and vicinity, within three months. The books were opened on the spot, and within a few minutes, between $6,000 and $7,000 was subscribed by individuals present.

The plan then proposed was for an English Department to enable young men to obtain a thorough English education, training them for teachers; a Classical or Collegiate Department; an Academic Department, to prepare for the two higher Departments; and a Female Department.

February 25, 1833, Monday evening, was held at Library Hall, the first public Exhibition by the young men of the Institute, of which we have any account - by part of the members of the "Philodemic Society." The parts consisted of eight original orations:

Signs of the Times: Sidney Brooks, Buckland, Massachusetts.

Importance of Fixed Moral Principles: John M. Slocomb, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.

Physical Education: Luther Temple, Heath, Massachusetts.

Novel Reading, Israel Archbold: Harrison County, Virginia.

Public Opinion: John W. Bosworth, Marietta.

Virtuous and Intelligent Youth, the Hope of our Country: John W. Latta, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Literature and Civil Government as influenced by a general devotion to Party Politics: David Dunn, Mount Vernon, Ohio.

Christian Missions: S. P. Dunham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Our notice of the infancy of Marietta College must conclude with the remark that the present Charter of "Marietta College," by the legislature, bears date January - , 1835. In that year, Rev. Joel Linsley, D.D., from Park Street Church, Boston, became the first President of the College. The first class graduated in the summer of 1838.

Joel Harvey Linsley

Sliding

Marietta Olio, February 8, 1873

Among the students of Marietta College, sliding seems to be the order of the day; not sliding off from recitation, for that, it is too early in the term, nor into someone's affections, for they are already there, nor yet off without paying a wash bill, but down Mills' Hill to the detriment of passersby, and in fact all over town.

There has been more sleighing this year than any we remember for some time past. Jingle, jingle from one end of the town to the other, some on chairs elevated upon upon runners, others upon inverted goods boxes, while still others in real sleighs. 

The active individuals of '76, partly to evince their class spirit, and partly to show what verdancy could be gotten together, took a grand sleighing under the guidance of Parson Cooke, Jr. This group meeting one of the Professors, of course, cheered him, he waving his hat in return, but the same efforts in reference to a higher official failed, as he accidentally stepped into a store just about that time.

Woman Is Appointed to Indian Service at a Handsome Salary

The Register-Leader, May 4, 1907

Friends here of Mrs. Elsie Newton, widow of the late Dr. C. William Newton, who was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newton, will be pleased to learn of an honor which was recently conferred upon her. The following is a copy of an item recently sent out under a Washington dateline:

"Mrs. Elsie Newton of Washington, D.C., is the first woman to receive a commission as special agent of the Indian Bureau. She was appointed April 23 at a salary of $2,000 per year. She is a daughter of the late General John Eaton, for many years United States Commissioner of Education [and president of Marietta College, 1885-91], and the widow of a physician once in the Indian service. 

"Commissioner Leupp proposes to assign her to the department which purchases supplies for the Indians. He says a woman knows more about what Indian children should wear than a man does, and that she is a better judge of the quality of goods.

"Mrs. Newton will make a tour of the Indian schools of the west, immediately, and take notes on the class of wearing apparel suitable for the Indian pupils in the different localities."

Mrs. Newton is well known in Marietta, where she has frequently visited the parents of her husband.

A Visit to Marietta

The Marietta Times, May 19, 1870

From the Jackson Standard, D. Mackley, Editor.

The convention met at ten o'clock and its proceedings were conducted in an orderly, business-like manner. The official proceedings will be found in another column.

At three o'clock, buggies arrived to take us on a little excursion. We first visited Marietta College. President Andrews is a very pleasant gentleman, and was very kind in taking us through the College buildings. The library is large and well selected. The rooms we visited contained some thirty-three thousand volumes. President Andrews told me that he is always anxious to receive donations of old books, old magazines. He said many of these are destroyed every year to get them out of the way, when they might be of much use as additions to the College library.

The cabinet of minerals is very interesting. So are the specimens of insects, &c. One thing interested me very much. This was the fragment of the meteor which fell in Morgan County [Muskingum County], May 1, 1860. This fragment weights 110 lbs. It is of a dark color and looks a good deal like a chunk of pig-iron.

I was at Berlin when this meteor passed through a small portion of our atmosphere. It was at midday, and it looked nearly as large and bright as the sun. I wrote a short account of it for the Cincinnati Commercial. Prof. Evans, then of Marietta College, seeing the account, corresponded with me, and he used by account of what I had seen in a pamphlet he afterwards wrote. Prof. Evans held that the main meteor was one-third of a mile in diameter and moved at the rate of, I think, seventeen miles per second.

The theory of Prof. Evans was that the meteor merely glanced through a small space of the earth's atmosphere and then moved off into space. The intense heat caused by friction in the atmosphere caused the outer surface to melt and scale off the main body. These fragments which fell to the earth are the broken pieces of these scales.

There are now three large College buildings, the third one being designed for the library exclusively. It is not yet finished.

From the College we went to the Children's Home. This is located on the east side of the Muskingum River, a mile or more above its mouth. It consists of over a hundred acres of land. The building was a farm house and is not fully adapted to the purpose for which it is now used. But the house and grounds are fine.

We had a good drink of Lemonade, when the children gave us apples, and then we visited the different rooms. In the first room were five little children, from two to five years of age. I noticed one little sick child sitting on its low seat, which warmed my deepest sympathies. It was pale and emaciated, its little hands appearing almost transparent. The development of its features showed a precocity almost startling. It was born in the Infirmary, and the ladies and gentlemen in charge informed us that they believed that its life had only been preserved thus far in consequence of the extreme care that had been taken of it. When I looked upon this patient, innocent, suffering child, born in the Infirmary, I was most forcibly reminded of Dickens' child of the Marshalsea - Little Dorrit.

We visited another room where there were some half dozen children of a larger size. Then we visited the school room. It was rather close and quite warm. A little boy was requested by one of the ladies in charge to sing. He sang an appropriate verse and was joined in the chorus by all the children. A little negro girl was then requested to sing a verse, and all the children joined in the chorus with her. One little negro boy was so sleepy that I thought evry minute that he would fall prostrate upon the floor. A little white boy was in nearly the same condition.

These children were all clean and neatly dressed. Many of them were as fine and intelligent looking children as you would see anywhere. There were fifty-six of them, and they are being sent two or three every day to the country, as good homes can be procured for them, and others are coming in daily. This is an institution organized under a general law of the State, but it is said to be the only one yet organized under this law. Those in charge appear to be thoroughly interested in the work they are engaged in, and they regard it not so much as a duty for which they are paid, as a Christian duty for which they expect a higher reward hereafter. This institution reflects great honor upon the State of Ohio for passing such a law, and upon the people of Washington County who have carried the law into practical operation. It is a great advance in the direction of a higher and nobler Christian civilization.

As we were leaving, these little waifs all came out, some three or four of them being of the lately despised African race. They clapped their little hands and cheered us. May God bless them.

As we returned to the city, we crossed the bridge and drove through Harmar and then back to the hotel. Our meeting at night was pleasant and agreeable. Too much smoking, but no drunkenness.

I had resolved to start home on Friday morning, but several citizens urged me to go out to Cow Run. My friend Stimson was particularly solicitous that I should go, and finally I consented.

We started at seven o'clock in buggies and express wagons and had nine miles to go. We went over the hills, a pretty rough country. Judge Chamberlain took me and Dumble of the Marietta Register, Chapman of the Pomeroy Telegraph, and McFarland of the Portsmouth Tribune. We arrived at Cow Run at ten o'clock. This is a small branch which empties into the Little Muskingum. The bottom is narrow, and steep hills arise on both sides. The derricks occupy a distance of half a mile up the bottom, and then up the little hollows on the right haand side as you go up the little creel. Then they are scattered up the steep hill on the right, to its very summit. Where there is a narrow branch, or level space on the steep hillside, there a derrick towers up. But they are the most numerous on the little bottom of Cow Run. They are thick as the chimneys in a closely built town. 

Did you ever see one of these derricks? Four sills, some twenty feet long, are framed together and made level. A piece of hewn timber, eight inches square and fifty feel long, is set upon each corner of this frame, and the tops are drawn in until they approach within eight feet of each other. They are then fastened by cross pieces and braces. In the center at the top is a pulley, over which a rope passes. One end is fastened to the top of the drill, and the other passes around a shaft. Upon this shaft is a drum. Around this drum passes a belt. The belt passes around another drum at the engine, and thus the rope is wound around the shaft and draws the drill up towards the pulley at the top of the derrick.

There are over one hundred derricks in view at one time. Derricks are being erected. They stand over new flowing wells. They stand over wells where the oil is being pumped up. They stand over weels which are being repaired and over abandoned wells. The wells all have names, such as "School House Well," "Eureka Well," "Grecian Bend Well," &c. A well was put down on the lot owned by the school district, and now the district has realized from it ten thousand dollars. They do not know what to do with the money. The party who bores pays the owner of the "territory" one-third of the oil as royalty, or rent.

A company over on the Little Muskingum, two miles north, forces water over one hill and to the top of another into two great tanks, and from these all the engines are supplied with fresh water. This company charges $25.00 per month to supply each engine, when it runs day and night. 

The wells now produce in the aggregate, 400 barrels crude of oil, worth eleven cents per gallon, or $4.50 per barrel. Pipes lead from the different wells to one point, and there a powerful little engine forces the oil through a pipe, over a high hill, five miles, to the Ohio River. A dial indicates the amount of pressure. When I saw it, 320 pounds to the inch was being put on. As the Ohio River must be lower than Cow run, I suggested to the engineer that a siphon might be used instead of an engine. But he said the friction of the oil in the pipe would render this impracticable.

I learned a great many interesting things about this oil business, but I fear I shall be tedious. I will, however, note a few more things about it.

The drill weighs from twelve to fourteen hundred pounds. Some have a number of wooden rods attached to them and then the rope. some have no rods, but the rope is fastened directly to the drill. These rods are thirty-six feet long and screwed together. The drill is worked the same as the pump. A cross beam is balanced in the center, and the engine at one end, and of course the other end of the beam has a corresponding motion. To this end is fastened the rope. So the drill is raised a foot or two and permitted to drop. A man keeps turning the drill, which is thus made to fall each time in a differen tposition, and thus the hole is made round. By this turning, a screw is all the time being operated at the upper end of the rope, and the drill is each time lowered, or screwed downwards, as the hole deepens.

The wells are from 200 to 1,600 feet deep. One is being drilled which is now over 1,600 feet deep, and it has cost $30,000.

Some wells will "flow," or throw up a barrel or two of oil every half hour. This may continue a month or more, when the periods will change, and the flow will be once an hour. After a month or so the period may again be changed. Sometimes the oil will be thrown fifty feel above the top of the derrick. Gas is almost constantly coming up. It can be seen like the glimmering of heat on a very warm day. This gas has a most pungent and disagreeable smell.

The oil does not look like I supposed it did. It is very thin and fluid and of a sky-blue-slate color. It is quite cold. It is very inflammable, and frequently the gas becomes ignited and flashes to the oil. Then there is an explosion, and the derricks, tank &c., are gone beyond redemption, as they are always thoroughly saturated with oil. It is too dangerous a place to have drunken men, and no one is permitted to sell whisky there.

The surface of the water in Cow Run is covered with floating oil and exhibits every color of the rainbow, as seen when light is resolved into its original elements by the prism. Sunlight has been decomposed by some unknown process in nature and stowed away deep in the bowels of the earth, perhaps millions of years before Moses was hidden in the bullrushes, or Abraham went forth to battle. And now it is brought forth, and from this long hidden light is made the rich and glorious aniline dyes, which far surpass the famous Eastner purple, and now the beautiful woman of 1870 is arrayed in silks, the colors of which far surpass the glories of the court of Solomon.

But I must let Cow Run slide.

And now a parting word to Marietta. It is a fine old place. I did not see a drunken man, nor a doggery, nor did I hear an oath sworn in the place. Of course there is vice and immorality there, and even crime. But these are rare. The people are refined. There is more aristocracy of learning than of wealth. The place is behind the age in some things. The streets are not graded, and when it is wet weather they are mud holes. 

I never saw so many trees in a city. Looking down from the top of the College buildings, one can scarcely see the houses. It looks like a dense forest. And what is more beautiful is, that the great bulk and body of these trees are maples. There are some elms and other trees, including evergreens. But then it is one great maple forest. I consider the American maple the most beautiful tree in the world. And the elm next. 

My old friend, Col. David Alban, drew a little on his imagination. He said that the whippoorwill could be heard in the heart of the city - that this lonely bird had never forsaken Marietta since it was originally settled in 1788. But he finally took that back and said that it might be on the hills back of the city where it could be heard.

I have left myself no room to speak of the many worthy men whom I met in Marietta. I will only mention one, the chairman of our evening meeting, S. S. Knowles, Esq. He is every way worthy, and I was gratified to hear that there is a strong inclination to send him to Congress. He is about the only man in Marietta who showed a decent respect to Mrs. Longley and Miss Bates when they were in the place.

 

Dewey Follett Revolts Against Black Clothes

The Marietta Times, February 8, 1931

The late Attorney A. Dewey Follett might have been known to many Mariettans as one of the city's "best dressed" men a half century ago, but he might also be accredited with setting the pace for what is termed "collegiate" or sports-wear ensembles, and of modern styles, according to William G. Sibley, old time Marietta College friend of the attorney who comments on what Dewey wore away back in the 1880s in the last century. Mr. Sibley remembers the toggery of his old Marietta College days and what other folks wore in those days. He wrote about it in his latest "Along the Highway" column in the Chicago Journal of Commerce recently.

This thing of having the courage to abandon "black" clothes that were worn almost universally by most all young men 50 years ago is attributed to Mr. Follett, and Mr. Sibley was not far behind in setting the pace for more colorful raiment - at least something not so either formally dressy or "age-y" as black for the steady raiment of a college boy. Here is Mr. Sibley's column:

Solemn Black

We remember one day when we were a boy in Marietta an amazing sight on the sidewalk It was Dewey Follett, a brilliant young fellow, who, after accumulating the first honors of his class in college, had gone to Cornell University for a course in law. There he had picked something up - nothing less than the courage to abandon black clothes.

Everybody wore black then, except in summer, when professional men shifted to linen suits, one to wear this week when the other was in the family washtub. The first suit that gave us joy was black, with a long-tailed coat of the style called Prince Albert. That was in our junior year in college - the first tailor-made garment we ever had after we were eight years old and first was suspenders. All the students wore black, and if their parents were prosperous, preferred long coats. Occasionally there were exceptions who wore blue.

Looked Like Snow Storm

Well, Dewey Follett came out in a sack suit that looked like a miniature snow storm, wool and almost white. He was the observed of all observers. That was the first revolt we saw against black clothes for men. It was a sack suit, and soon other daring exponents of style shed their dark, double-breasted coats, worn in winter and summer, for light colored materials. The next year we had a brown herring-bone coat and vest, and a pin-check plaid of medium gray trousers, and were inordinately proud of them. They would be called extremely modest now.

Occasionally an Englishman came to town in conspicuous plaids that looked like checkerboards and was a sensation almost as conspicuous as our professor of Greek was when he ventured forth in a tail gray stiff hat with a very narrow and curly brim.

When we escaped from college we took to grays that grew lighter and lighter, and for 40 years never wore anything else for everyday. Now we observe that the merchant tailors are still trying to get men to wear something besides black in the evening. They don't seem to make much headway. The Tuxedo coat has held them back. It is neat and comfortable. Many a man who would easily be weaned from swallow-tails clings to his black dinner coat.

But for formal occasions black is the almost universal custom. It used to be so in business hours, but now a metropolitan paper notes that bankers are shedding their frock coats and boards of directors are turning to colors and comfort. That is, they no longer "dress up" for business hours. The same is true of lawyers and doctors. Even clergymen show up in grays for street wear, along with professors and school teachers.

Man is more conservative than woman, who will wear anything or next to nothing if fashion so dictates. Nothing is too startling for them in colors or exposures. They have emancipated their legs from skirt bondage. What they will give up next for fashion's sake nobody knows. They have sufficiently demonstrated their willingness to be free of conventions - in dress at least.

 

Halloween Reports

The [Marietta College] Olio, November 6, 1886

As exaggerated reports of Halloween are abroad and have evidently received credence by the president, a few words on the subject may not be amiss. 

In the first place there was no drunkenness.  This fact we wish to emphasize and the man who started the report of drunkenness lied. If the president has any evidence of drunkenness the great body of students wish him to discipline the offenders. Otherwise, unproven charges only tend to alienate the best students from the faculty.

Secondly, there was not a desire to destroy property. The bench, worth perhaps a dollar or two, was destroyed before the main body of students reached the campus. A few years ago the students saved the college fence from destruction and would do so now, if necessary.

Lastly, the police were more rowdyish than the students. An officer of the law who cannot refrain from profanity is no better than a criminal rowdy.  The police on Halloween were profane and abusive and smelled of whisky.

Marietta College - New President

Marietta Intelligencer, January 13, 1855

Our readers are aware that Rev. Dr. Smith has resigned the Presidency of Marietta College, and is to enter upon his duties in Lane Seminary in April next.  The Trustees of the College held a meeting on Thursday last, and with entire unanimity, made choice of Prof. I. W. Andrews as President Smith's successor.

Prof. Andrews has been connected with the College about sixteen years, we think, having occupied the post of Tutor for perhaps a year, and that of Professor of Mathematics for about fifteen years.  He has filled the Professorship with distinguished ability, and the best possible evidence  that he has performed its duties to the entire satisfaction of the friends of the College, is furnished by the Trustees' unanimously promoting him to the Presidency.

The friends of the Institution may well be congratulated upon the election the Trustees have made. We believe that President Andrews will fill his new office as to others, and as creditably to himself, as he has that of Professor of Mathematics. He has some peculiar qualifications for his new post - among which we may mention his remarkable talent as an Executive officer, and as a thorough, prompt, and efficient business man.

That the appointment will be a very popular one in the community generally there can be no doubt. Unlike most scholars and scientific men, Professor Andrews is eminently a practical man, and ever since he resided in Marietta he has identified himself with every enterprize having for its object the prosperity of the town and county, and the general good of the community. His active labors in behalf of Public schools throughout the State are known to all, as are his efforts to build up and sustain every cause which seeks to elevate the condition of men, and promote the best interests of all classes of society. He is, in short, a Life Man, progressive and yet conservative, neither one-idead nor one-sided, but a symmetrical, whole and true Man.

The election of a successor to Prof. Andrews in the Mathematical Department is not yet announced and probably will not be until after another meeting of the Board.

Arctic Explorer

The Register-Leader, November 13, 1916

Sunday's Columbus Dispatch carries an excellent likeness of Frederick W. Maurer, Marietta College student and lone American survivor of the Stefansson expedition. 

In connection with the photograph, the Dispatch says:

"Frederick W. Maurer, scientist and arctic explorer, only American survivor of the Stefansson Arctic expedition, has given up bucking the Arctic ice for the equally hazardous task of "bucking the line" at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio. Maurer was among the promising candidates who reported to Coach Drumm at training camp this fall. With a year of experience, it is believed that Maurer will become a valuable member of the Buckeye eleven."

The College Foot-Ball Team Defeated by Ohio State University

Marietta Register, November 30, 1893

The foot-ball team left, Friday, for Columbus, to contest for honors with the State University in foot-ball.  They were full of enthusiasm and expected to hold their competitors down.  The account of the game from Sunday's State Journal tells the rest.  It says:

The Ohio State University defeated the Marietta College, Saturday afternoon, in a onesided game of foot-ball.  The attendance was very slim, due to the fact that there was no advertising of the game.  Not even a notice appeared in the halls of the University buildings and many students will be surprised to learn that a game was played.

The State University team was an experiment, new men being played in several positions to try their strength as possibilities for the Kenyon game on Thanksgiving.  Of these Potter fought through the line with some success, but was a failure going around the end and tackling.

Snediker played his second game at center to the satisfaction of everybody, with the possible exception of a few Marietta people.

The visitors had  a strong line but were weak in tackling.  Nelson, Moore and Rorebeck did some good individual playing.

O.S.U. scored the first touchdown after thirteen minutes, in which the ball changed sides several times on downs.  Nagle and Reed each made 25 yard gains.  Touch by Howard.  No goal.  O.S.U. 4, Marietta 0.

In seven minutes O.S.U. scored again, after they had secured the ball on downs.  Nagle made a 20-yard run, and Foley made 20 yards and touch by hard fighting through the line.  Goal.  O.S.U. 10, Marietta, 0.

Next after O.S.U. received the ball on downs the ball was advanced within two yards of Marietta's line, when Howard carried the ball over for a touch.  No goal.  O.S.U. 14, Marietta 0.

Marietta made her first score by a kick for 20 yards, several short runs and Rorebeck's 12 yards and touch.  No goal.  O.S.U. 14, Marietta 4.

In the start off Wood gained 25 yards.  Then the ball was lost and regained on downs.  After the ball was advanced to the 5-yard line Howard carried it over for a touch.  No goal.  O.S.U. 18, Marietta 4.

Marietta next got the ball to the O.S.U. 20-yard line when Howard kicked for 20 and Wood secured the ball and made a 60-yard dash for a touch.  No goal.  O.S.U. 24, Marietta 4.

In second half O.S.U. made a touch after the ball had changed sides on downs and fumbles.  Potter carried it over.  Goal.  O.S.U. 34, Marietta 4.

Marietta tried to make a field kick, but was blocked by Reed, and Thurman securing the ball, carried it to the 5-yard line.  Nichols then crossed the line with the ball.  Goal.  O.S.U. 40, Marietta 4.

Marietta scored the last touch on Rorebeck's 40 yards and Nelson's 3 yards over the line.  No goal.  O.S.U. 40, Marietta 8.  The teams lined as follows:

O.S.U. - Nagle, Right End; Mullay, Right Tackle; Reed, Right Tackle; Gibbs, Right Guard; Snediker, Center; Calkins, Left Guard; Carson, Left Tackle; Boynton, Left Tackle; Thurman, Left End; Wood, Capt., Quarter; Foley, Right Half; Nichols, Right Half; Potter, Left Half; Howard, Full.

Marietta - Nelson, Right End; Hughson, Right Tackle; Williams, Right Guard; Keyes, Center; Middleswart, Left Guard; McLaren, Left Tackle; Dana, Left End; Brown, Capt., Quarter; White, Quarter; Moore, Right Half; Rorebeck, Left Half; Sloan, Full.

Summary:  Touchdowns, O.S.U., Howard 3, Foley 2, Wood, Potter, Nichols.  Marietta, Rorebeck, Nelson.  Goals, Howard 4.  Length of halves, 15 and 30 minutes.  Umpire and referee, Messrs. Haas and Sears.