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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1927
Page
13
Ohio University expands for the 1927 28 year with twenty six new faculty and staff. New hires include one professor and six associate professors along with six assistant professors and six instructors. John A. Hess joins as professor of German and Melvia L. Danielson heads the School of Music.
Ohio University announces four administrative heads for the new college year. President Dr. E. B. Bryan since 1920 leads the university with Deans Chubb McCracken and Irma Voigt overseeing liberal arts education women’s activities, and the psychology and physical education departments.
Approximately 1,000 new enrollees join a university entering its 124th year. Registration over three days precedes classes as students from Ohio and neighboring states fill the campus, with strong representation from Cuyahoga and Athens counties and notable numbers from Muskrat gum and Mahoning counties.
Six sororities now occupy new houses near campus each with a house mother. Alpha Nu Delta shares a college street building formerly FE H Clark, Pi Beta Phi takes 16 East Union Street, Sigma Sigma Sigma rents Jout property on Park Place, Chi Omega relocates to Bradle property on Park Place, Zeta Tau Alpha settles at 704 University Terrace, and Alpha Delta sorority at 76 Kerriz Avenue.
Pipes in the main heating tunnel and branch tunnels at Ohio University are being recovered with asbestos. Repair work proceeds as needed after the contract was awarded to C TD Heck and sublet to Johns Manville. Four more faculty members are added this year than last, with 26 auditions for 1927 1928. Notable alumni include Thomas Ewing and three Stlahops Edward Rames David H. Moore and Eerl Cranston.
Ohio University inaugurates a new feature in the Faculty Dining Rooms to aid association work during the coming year. The dining rooms on College Street behind the Men’s Union, formerly an annex to the music department, are ready to serve. Miss Elizabeth Woodworth, a graduate, will supervise meals and oversee procurement of materials.
The article describes the Alumni Memorial auditorium at Ohio University nearing completion with a focus on floor construction, base work, and the steel framework. It notes contract timing for a September 1925 opening, the unusual floor slab installation, and the brick and stone detailing planned for the building’s exterior and interior features.
Construction on a new Faculty Men’s Clubhouse is being expedited near the Men’s Union, repurposing space formerly used by the special education department. Sponsored by the Faculty Men’s Club, the project follows Dr E Th Piyan’s suggestion for a faculty club as a university amenity. The building will include a conference room, lounge, writing room, resident staff area, and library, with furnishings ordered and a November completion target.
The article follows Thor Olson, an athletic instructor and wrestler who rose from a Swedish factory town to win New England amateur middleweight titles at the Y M C A in Boston. It details his journey to professional status, his studies at Ohio University and Howard University, and a legendary four hour Newfoundland bout where he fought fairly despite brutal fouls, earning national notice.
GagesOMethings changed about the campus as hundreds of students note new coats of paint on Manasseh Cutler Hall Boat Wing and West Wing. University painters patched brickwork and refreshed the exterior revealing gray walls that keep their dignity while gaining a youthful look.
The Ohio University reports 2,041 students have graduated from four year courses over 123 years of existence, totaling 2,901 graduates from four year programs to date. February commencements last year added twenty four graduates. sixty four in a prior year. figures exclude three year course graduates.
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