Cradle of Universal Education in the Northwest
Professor A E Wagner recounts the Ohio University origin story from Rufus Putnam’s Massachusetts home to Cutler Hall. He calls the university’s founding an infant cradle born from land proceeds, enabling public education and higher learning for all, funded by government land grants.
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Cradle OF Universal Education
Northwest
Cutler Hall
Ohio University
A. E. Wagner
Rufus Putnam
Massachusetts
Ohio
Putnam
Benjamin Tupper
Ohio Company of Associates
Northwest Territory
University
Thomas Ewing
Yale
Harvard
Cambridge
Oxford
England
Cradle of Universal Education Restored as Shrine Theme
The passage recalls Cutler Hall as the cradle for universal education, contrasting it with older colleges. It honors its mission to educate “whosoever will may come,” noting its influence on many figures and its role as a shrine to religion, morality, and knowledge. It calls for restoring the cradle as a central float replica of the original college buildings.
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Cutler Hall
Cutler
Putnam
Patrick Henry
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Franklin
Alexander Hamilton
New Librarian Takes Post at Rio Grande
Georgian na Reiland appointed librarian and French instructor at Rio Grande College Gallipolis Ohio. Former Columbus and Piqua teacher, OSU College of Education graduate, studied at Strasbourg and Grenoble. Succeeds Lucille Lucas who left to join Sue Bennett College London Ky.
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Gallipolis
Georgianna Reiland
Rio Grande College
Columbus
Piqua
Reiland
Ohio State University College of Education
Strasburg
Grenoble
France
Lucille Lucas
Sue Bennett College
London
Financial report of Rome-Canaan Rural School District 1937 38
The Rome Canaan Rural School District of Athens County reports receipts of 68611.93 with state aid and local taxes, plus non revenue 94.70, totaling 68706.63. Balance January 1 1937 150. etc. Total disbursements 75432.01 with debt service 26089.63 and fixed charges 312.20. Assets 112584.01 liabilities 22640.00.
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Mary Lou Swindell Hosts Eleventh Birthday in Jacksonville
Mary Lou Swindell's birthday party at the Dudley Swindells' Jacksonville home drew several children for a 1 to 4 pm gathering with games ice cream and cake. The day also includes church revival services led by Rev. R. S. Lawrence with special music from nearby communities.
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Jacksonville
Dudley Swindell
Mary Lou
Mary
Robert Geary
Ann
Mary Zalupski
Mary Lou Judson
Jimmy Shumway
Dorothy
Joan Judson
Junior Staten
Junior Beal
Lila Kutta
Geneva
Frank Smith
Robert
Esther Lunk
Maudeen
Grace Frazee
la Fonia Swindell
Helen Korpella
Edward Stevens
Mary Lou Swindell
M. E
Rev
R. S. Lawrence
Trimble
Millfield
Chauncey
Columbia High Juniors Stage Comedy April 8 9
Columbia High School juniors present the three act comedy Where's Grandma at eight o clock in the Columbia auditorium on Friday and Saturday evenings April 8 and 9. Cast includes Lula Maye Wells Beulah Galaway John Edward Radekin Junior Dye Amy Perry and others directed by Mr Howery.
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F. G. Strickland
Columbia Auditorium
Wales Mills
Francis May
Wellston
Columbia High School
Charles W. Howell
State Department of Education
Columbus
Meigs County
C. O. Chapman
Eddie Lou Howery
Claire Cummings
Virginia Brown
Freda Rupe
Leona Chase
Leo Dudgeon
Chester Steward
Charles Rife
Steward
Georgia Nell Radekin
Cincinnati
Leslie Hoffman
G. B. Radekin
W. S. Swett
Gussie Swett
Margaret James
J. L. Rawlings
Charles McCall
Lancaster
Clara Howery
Rea Howery
B. A. Howery
W. H. Juniper
Williamsburg
Kentucky
Juniper
Cumberland College
Lucille Nichols
Roy Ogdin
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Leslie Throckmorton
White Cross Hospital
Albany Baptist Church
Hebbardsville
Carl Reeves
Harrisonville
Laura Pickett
Raymond Holcomb
Emma Cottrill
Woode Cottrill
R. S. Vale
Erma Vale
Electa Vale
Anna Goff
A. R. Caster
John Edward Radekin
Lauren Hoffman
Twister kills father and two sons near Ferriday
A freak twister dipped down on the Turtle Lake community near Ferriday Louisiana killing a father and two sons and injuring nine others. The storm is described as a tornado-like calamity tearing through the area and prompting emergency response. Local officials reported several residences damaged and residents displaced as authorities assess casualties and seek aid.
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Ferriday
Turtle Lake
Here
Kant Death Amid Napoleon Era Reflections
The note contrasts Napoleon plans to plunge Europe into war with Kant’s call for a peaceful international era. It states Kant died in 1804, underscoring a clash of historical figures and ideas from the Napoleonic period.
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Napoleon
Europe
Kant
Sunday Church Rites At Mt. Zion Announced
Mt. Zion will hold services Sunday at 10 a m and 7 p m on April 5 with preaching announced. Local news notes include Maxine Goldsberry visiting Guysville with sister Mrs Margaret Cunningham and Dale Perry buying a work horse from Mulligan and Shorts on Athens Pomeroy Road.
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Mt. Zion
Maxine Goldsberry
Guysville
Margaret Cunningham
Dale Perry
Mulligan and Shorts
Athens-Pomeroy Road
Myrtle Biggs
Burlingham
Glenrue St. Clair
Dwight Burton
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Athens County
W. H. Marshall
Athens Messenger
By Geraldine Hoilington
Charles Guinther
Richard
William Stephenson
Joe Williams
Lloyd Buckley
Nile Bickford
Flushing
Charles Dennison
William Latta
East Fultenham
William Hill
Ralph Householder
Marietta
Walter Park
Frank Dunlevy
Ives
Floyd Miller
Jesse Dunlevy
Andrew Hartley
John Hartley
J. C. Hartley
Raymond Woodyard
Bobbie Lee
I. L. Roberts
Fred Guinther
Akron
Michael Almond
Barberton
Elvin Altman
Walter Hill
D. T. Ryan
B. B. Buckley
Charles Podoski
Mercy Hospital
J.T
William D. Jansen
Concord
William Mandrell
David Cox, Jr
Wilma Safreed
Butler Safreed
James Morris
Lawrence
John Gaskella
Frank Davis
Cooking School Florists
Cooking School
Sunnybank
E. State St
London Zoo
America
Bertha M. Harris
The
Messenger Cooking School
Athens Ice & Storage Company
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