Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/oglethorpeuniver14ogle 13 & OGLETHORPE UNIVERSI TY BULL ETIN VOL. I. Februa ry, 1916. No. 4 Published monthly by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia. Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Postoffice at Atlanta, Ga. OGLETHORPE ADOPTS ASSEMBLY'S DEFINITION OF A SOUTHERN PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY In accordance with an official notification sent to Dr. H. H. Sweets, Chair- man of the Executive Committee of Christian Education of the Southern Presbyterian Church, on October 22, 1915, and in accordance with statements made to various Synods of our Assembly during the fall of 1915, and in ac- cordance with statements published in the religious press of our Church, during the fall and winter of 1915. Oglethorpe University on February 1, 1916, adopted the following resolutions : RESOLVED (1) That the definition of a Southern Presbyterian University adopted by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States. -(See Minutes page 31, 1915), be adopted by us as follows: Those schools, colleges and universities whose charters or constitu- tions require that at least two-thirds of their trustees shall be elected, nomi- nated or ratified by some court or courts of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S.; whose presidents or principals are members of the said Church; all the members of whose faculties are members of some evangelical Church, a majority being members of some Presbyterian Church, and which require a course in the Bible, shall be classed as Southern Presbyterian institu- tions." (2) That in accordance therewith, "two-thirds of the members of our Board of Directors" upon their election by this Board must be ratified by the session of the Presbyterian Church in the United States to which the particular member belongs. (3) That this action be referred to our Legal Committee with instructions to take the necessary steps to conform our charter and by-laws thereto. (4) Resolved that by thus adopting and conforming to the definition of a Southern Presbyterian University as laid down by our highest court, we again express our loyalty to all the great educational ideals of our denomi- nation, and our desire to have the love, support and confidence of the whole Assembly. The Church court which will have the control of the ratification of the members of our Board of Directors will be the sessions of the Southern Presbyterian Church, who wi 1 thereby control Oglethorpe University. This method of control is ideal for the following reasons : 1. The Church Sessions have built Oglethorpe University and have a right to control it. 2. They are specially charged by the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church with the control of Church benevolences. 3. They are best informed of all our Church courts as to the qualifications of the appointees. 4. They are nearest to the Presbyterian ne anl e whose sacrifices built and whose sons will attend Oglethorpe. 5. They are freest from Ecclesiastical wrangling which, more than any- other one thing, has hitherto kept our Church from having a university. 6. In them alone of all our courts the private affairs of the university may be discussed without every newspaper hackwriter publishing them to the world. The movement to refound Oglethorpe University was begun and its charter obtained before this definition was either proposed or adopted, and the change in the government of Oglethorpe University is made in order to conform strictly and loyally to the definition of the Assembly. Oglethorpe, our Southern Presbyterian University, will therefore be owned and controlled by a Board of Directors, each of whom, forever, must be a member in good snd regular standing of a Presbyterian Church, and two- thirds of whom must be ratified by the session of the particular Southern Presbyterian Church to which the member belongs. One or more members of this board will be secured from each strong church in the Southern Assembly and this General Board of Directors will meet once each year, commencement time, on the university grounds in Atlanta, to inspect their institution, to review all matters of large importance in the life of the university and to give directions to the Executive Committee which will be elected by them, and from their number, and which will look after the details of management of the institution between the meetings of the Board of Directors. Nothing more ideal has ever been proposed in the management of an institution. Excepting only the Sessional ratification of the directorate it ; ^ already in operation and its perfect practicability is largely responsible for the marvelous success of the institution. Birdseye view of Oglethorpe, the great Southern Preshyterian university that is being built in Atlanta by the loving sacrifices of thousands of devoted Presbyterians all over the South. It is strictly Class A in every respect. It is first of all our Southern Presbyterian institutions to formally and officially adopt the strict definition of a Southern Presbyterian I'niversity as laid down by our Assembly. Its destinies rest in the hands of the most loyal and devoted of our Southern Presbyterian ministers, officers and laymen. Dr. J. I. Vance, pastor of our largest Southern Presbyterian church, is president of the Board of Directors. Dr. I. S. McElroy, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Columbus, Ga., is chairman of our Church Relations Committee. Dr. Dunbar H. Ogden, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, Ga., is chairman of our Faculty Committee. Among other prominent members of our Executive Committee are Dr. J. W. Bachman. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Chattanooga, Tenn., and Dr. Melton Clark, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, 'Greensboro, N, C. The first vice-president of the Board of Directors is Mr. J. T. Fupton, well known and well loved Presbyterian layman of Chattanooga, Tenn. The second vice-president of the Board of Directors is Mr. Geo. W. Watts, whose name is a synonym of devoted Preshyterianism all over our Assembly. The third vice-president of the Board of Directors is Mr. L,. C. Mandeville, an elder in the Preshy terian church at Carrollton, Ga., whose many generosities have endeared him to thousands. The fourth vice-president is Mr. D. I. Mclntyre, a loyal member of the West Fnd Presbyterian Church of Atlanta. Of the Board of Directors itself about twenty-five' per cent are pastors of the Southern Presbyterian Church, about twenty-five per cent are elders of the Southern Presbyterian Church, about twenty-five per cent are deacons of the Southern Presby- terian Church and about twenty-five per cent belong to the cream of the laymanship of the Southern Presbyterian Church. 0gletf)orpe Untoersrttp bulletin Vol. I. EXTRA EDITION JlJNE 1916 EXTRA EDITION No. 8 Published monthly by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Postoffice at Atlanta, Georgia THE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE AT OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY I EDWARD CHARLES GRUEN, Recently elected head of the School of Commerce, Oglethorpe University N establishing her School of Commerce, Oglethorpe University has taken a splendid forward step in supplying the needs and perfect- ing the ideals of the Southern edu- cational world. The great mass of American colleges were originally founded by church organizations whose principal purpose as frequently expressed was, "in order to supply our church with an educated min- istry." These were the first colleges in America and their curricula were planned for students for the min- istry, for the preacher and the dominie. Slight cnanges were made in them to accommodate the lawyer and the literary man, but otherwise they held rigidly to a certain formal type ot education represented today by the strict Bachelor of Arts course in our American colleges. Since these schools would not broaden themselves, other institu- tions supplying new needs sprang up outside. Such were the tech- nical, the agricultural schools, and the various scientific schools. But while courses have thus been shaped in various institutions for the mail who may wish to be a minister, or a teacher, or an engi- neer, or a mechanic, or a farmer, it is only recently that some of our leading American universities have offered courses designed for the student who expects to be a business man. One reason for the failure of so many schools to take care of this tremendous body of students lies in the fact that it is practically im- possible to operate successfully such a series of courses without the use of a great city as a laboratory of instruction. The location of Oglethorpe University in the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, supplied this fine opportunity which the management of the institution has been quick to grasp. The School of Commerce at Oglethorpe, which will open with a Freshman class in the fall of 1916, consists of a full four years' course in studies relating to practical business administration and indus- trial life. Upon its successful completion the degree of Bachelor of Commerce is conferred upon students pursuing it. The courses in the School of Commerce, as outlined below, are equivalent in dignity and importance to the courses offered in the Schools of Arts, Science and Literature. It is no longer necessary for a young man who expects to spend his life in the business world to pursue a course of study specially adapted to a student for the ministry, nor to waste his time in studies that are of no value what- soever to him in the years of his after life. Parents who wish their sons to come home from college inter- ested in the business lives which they are to lead, and equipped to lead them, will note that commercial history, commercial law and practical accounting, with such languages as Spanish and German, necessary nowadays to all well educated business men, have taken the place of Latin and Greek in the School of Commerce and that a student who expects to be a merchant or a banker, or a business man of any good type will be thoroughly drilled, through his studies and lectures, in the facts and principles of the world in which he is to live. OUTLINE OF COURSES OFFERED IN THE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE LEADING TO THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF COMMERCE. Freshman. Sophomore. Hrs. Hrs. Bible (1) 2 Bible (2) 2 English (1) 3 English (2) 3 Higher Commercial Practical Accounting 3 Arithmetic (1) 3 Chemistry (1) 3 Stenography ) Political Economy 2 Typewriting (1) 5 German (2) 2 Bookkeeping ! French (2) or (and) 2 Any two of the following: Spanish (2) 2 Spanish (1) 2. apamsn u) or Economic History (1) 3 ^ 5 17 to 19 Required hours: 17 or 18 Junior Senior Hrs. Hrs. Psychology and Theism, Ethics, Moral Philosophy 3 Evidences of Four Electives 12 Christianity 3 Four Electives 12 15 15 The electives in the Junior and Senior years in the Schools of Commerce must be chosen from courses offered in the History of Commerce, Commercial Law, Commercial Geography, Economics, Political Science, Sociology, Printing, Publishing and Advertising, Business Statistics, Mining, Manufacturing, Transportation, Finance and Accounting, Banking and Insurance, Forestry and Agriculture, History, Science and Modern Languages. In addition to the courses in the regular departments above indi- cated, the business life of the city of Atlanta will be used as a labor- atory for the instruction of our students in every phase of modern business world. Prominent business men of the city will be used as lecturers in various phases of the commercial life of our country, in which they are expert. Actual inspection and work in some of the greatest business concerns of Atlanta will be given to those students in the higher classes who desire especially to acquaint themselves at first hand with the workings of great commercial enterprises. The courses in the School of Commerce are designed and offered specially for those young men who expect to give their lives to busi- ness affairs and who desire to devote their entire time while in col- lege to the study of those subjects which will be of the greatest practical use to them in their business careers. Oglethorpe thus takes a position of leadership in recognizing Business as a profession of equal dignity and depth with the so- called "learned" professions. - WHAT 18 THE USE OF A UNIVERSITY EDUCATION? (From the Westminster Magazine) Our friend, Mr. Holmes, of the real estate firm of Holmes & Luckie of this city, tells us an interesting story which deserves wide circulation. Fifteen years ago he left his home in Mississippi to try his for- tune in Atlanta. Shortly after his arrival in Atlanta he was met on the street by a friend who learned that he was looking for a posi- tion. The friend told of an opening in the Fulton Bag & Cotton Mill, and offered to introduce him personally to the manager. Mr. Holmes gladly accepted the offer. The manager of the mill asked him what college he had attended. Mr. Holmes explained that he had only a high school education, but expressed his willing- ness to undertake anything and to prepare himself by any work necessary. The manager took his references and a week or so later when Mr. Holmes called to learn what disposition had been made of the matter, the manager told him that of all the references that had come to their desk, his had been answered with the words of highest praise, but that the position demanded a college-bred man and consequently they felt that it would be unwise to employ him. The salary attached to the job was $125.00 per month. Within a short while a college graduate was enjoying it. Mr. Holmes later began his career in Atlanta on $50.00 per month with a mercantile concern. The advantage of an education is not the equipping of a man to make money, but the development and stimulation of his every power for the enjoying of life and making the most of his op- portunities. Yet a college education is a magnificent financial asset. Mr. Holmes began with a handicap of $75.00 per month because he had not gone to college. In telling us the story, Mr. Holmes said he thought this chapter from his own experience might be useful to us in impressing upon some young man or his parents the importance of a first-class col- lege education. It will be. $s. AGE /6 17 18 I? ZO 2/ 2Z S3 f the old south, books which cannot today be duplicat- ed HUNDREDS OF THOSE BOOKS ARE IN ATLANTA. When that library was scattered, the books stayed right here. Today some of them are submerged in old trunks, dust-gathering on shelves in forgotten attics and storerooms. They may be in your own home. What a fine thing it would be to restore them to their rightful place ! Look for them today and give them to Oglethorpe. Every man and woman who gives a 'book to Oglethorpe may in- scribe in it his name, so that he will be known to Oglethorpe stud- ents of the future for his part in founding the university library. Decide today what books you will give. If it is a single volume, mail it to the LIBRARIAN OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY or bring it to THE JOURNAL OFFICE. Sets of books or many books will be called for b& the university authorities if the donor does not wish to send them himself, or bring them in person to the university. If such is your gift, write THE BOOK SHOWER EDITOR of The Journal, describing the books and giving your name and address. LET'S MAKE THIS BOOK SHOWER A CLOUDBURST! OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN VOL. II. December, 1916 No. 2 Published monthly by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Postoffice at Atlanta, Ga. TO THE FRIENDS OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY At the request of the management of Oglethorpe University, Mr. Henry E. Harman, the well-known poet and writer, has con- sented to lead our efforts in- the collection of a really wonderful library of Southern literature. He outlines the plans below. Can you not help him and us to effect this great thing, not only for the University, but also for the "Land we Love?" I have undertaken the work of collecting a library of South- ern literature for Oglethorpe University for two reasons ; one is to assist Oglethorpe and the other is from the love of this kind of work. I feel that there is a splendid opportunity to put into this University a collection of books, bearing directly on South- ern literature, which will have the greatest practical value on literary productions in future years. I do not know of any insti- tution in the South which has made a specialty of getting to- gether a complete collection of all Southern books, and I believe that we would be able to put such a collection in the library at Oglethorpe, provided the friends of the institution, throughout the South, will assist us in this undertaking. That such a collection of books is an absolute necessity at this time, goes without saying. What we want at Oglethorpe is a collection of books by Southern writers which will be invalua- ble to coming generations. We want to make this collection so complete in the way of Southern literature and Southern his- tory that the future historian can come to Oglethorpe to write any phase of Southern history he may wish, and find within its walls the necessary data from which to work. In order to give you a clear idea of what we want in this collection of books, it is necessary to go somewhat into details. For instance ; we would like to have and will have, if they can be secured, all of the histories which have been written of the several Southern states, also biographies of Southerners, both local and otherwise. We also want descriptions of local history, scenery, land marks, etc., in fact, we want everything that can possibly be secured of a historical nature which bears upon any part of the Southern states. Another collection of old literature which will be necessary and which we shall seek, will be literary magazines, published in the South prior to the war. Among these I will mention the fol- lowing: DeBow's Review, Niles Register, The Land We Love, Southern Magazine, The Southern Review, Russell's Magazine, The Palmetto, Southern Bivouac, and others. I have already collccted a complete edition of the Southern Literary Messenger, edited for a number of years Try Edgar Allen Poe, in Richmond, which was one of the leading literary publications in the South from 1830 to 1863. Prior to 1840 the South perhaps led all other sections of the country in literary magazine publications. In addition to the papers mentioned above, there were a number of other literary publications in the South during the early part of the last cen- tury, which we shall also endeavor to secure. There are many families which have odd copies of the above magazines, and we are going to ask that they send these to us, to assist us in making up complete files of these various publications. There will doubtless be some individual who would be very glad to con- tribute complete sets of some of these magazines for use in the University. As these early publications contain some of the fin- est literature produced in tin's country during the first half of the last century, it is easy to see how necessary and valuable a complete collection of these magazines will be to Oglethorpe. We want specially to impress upon the friends of the University to make as liberal contributions of this kind of literature a* they possibly can. Aside from the above contributions, we wish to secure copies of all books published by Southerners upon whatever subject, which people may have and be willing to contribute. In many of the larger towns and cities, historical handbooks have been issued from time to time describing the early history of such place, together with descriptive articles of historical scenes, etc., and we would like to have a complete collection of books of this character. Also in some cases these books are practically out of print and we have to depend upon the friends of the University to send us copies from their private collec- tions. I have only given in the albove a brief outline of the work we have in mind, but this is enough to show the collection of books we have undertaken. We appeal to all individuals through- out the South, who wish to see our section develop a literary future. There is no better way to help this cause than to con- tribute to this collection of books on Southern literature. Al- though it may only be a single issue of a magazine or a singly copy of some unknown book, the gift will be very much appre- ciated, and by everybody taking an interest in this collection, it can, in a few years, be made one of the most valuable in this country. Mark all items you send with your name and address, so your name will appear in our catalogue, as a contributor. Ad- dress all books to me, Atlanta, Ga., and a receipt will be sent you for each item. Yours very truly, Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 1, 1916. HENRY E. HARMAN. OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN VOL. II. January, 1917 No. 3 Published monthly by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the PostofEce at Atlanta, Ga. GOOD NEWS FROM OGLETHORPE. During recent weeks two happenings of large interest to all the friends of Oglethorpe University have added much to the spiritual and material power back of this great movement. One of them is the organization of the Woman's Board of the Uni- versity in Atlanta, and the pledging of between one and two hun- dred of the, leading women of the city to devote their earnest en- ergies to the development of their school. The other is the magnificent backing of the Synod of Georgia at their last meeting, including the gift to the institution of between three and four thousand dollars. The Story of the Organization of the Woman's Board. One of the most remarkable gatherings, even in this city of re- markable gatherings, was the assembling of approximately one hun- dred of the representative women of the city of Atlanta, at the home of Mrs. Thornwell Jacobs, Saturday afternoon, November 25th, to organize a Women's Board for Oglethorpe University. The purpose of the Board is to aid the University in every wise and efficient way, with counsel of and guidance by the proper au- thorities of the institution. Already more than one hundred of the finest workers and most representative women o'f the city have tendered their services and joined the organization. Their activi- ties will be directed toward the support and development of Ogle- thorpe in every phase of its growth and activities. Each of the la- dies will be assigned to the committee on which she feels hest able to serve. These committees cover the various departments of the University, and among them are Ways and Means, Finance, Grounds, Press, Entertainment, Hospital, Music, Library and Art,. Refreshments, Transportation, and such other committees as it may seem wise to the Board from time to time to appoint. The authorities of the University welcome the formation of this; organization with the greatest joy. The mere fact that they have promised a devoted allegiance to the enterprise alone has its own genuine value, but those who know the women of Atlanta, with their marvelous capacity for earnest and consecrated work directed by a swift, and accurate intelligence, will realize best what must be the results of the efficient aid which they will give to this great enter- prise. What the Synod of Georgia Thinks of Oglethorpe. The fine friendship of the Synod of Georgia, and her interest in the great undertaking of the founding of a Southern Presbyterian University, was never more fully illustrated than at the recent meet- ing of the Synod, held in Dalton, November 14-18. At this meeting, three separate resolutions of encouragement and approval were passed by the Synod, and one fine deed in the form of a gift of cash was recorded on her minutes. This latter consists of instructions given to the commission of the Donald Fraser High School, authorizing them to turn over to Oglethorpe University a fund of something like $3,000.00. The Commission on Donald Fraser High School reported that they found it to be the opinion of the stockholders of that institution, including the Synod's trustees, that their corporation should be dissolved and its business settled in a legal way. In their report they recommended J:he following resolu- tions, which the Synod adopted : 1st. That the Synod's trustees, S. L. Morris and I. S. McElroy. he and they are hereby instructed to unite with the other commit- tee of the Donald Fraser High School in securing a dissolution of .this corporation and the settlement of its business according to the provisions of the law of the State of Georgia. 2nd. That the aforesaid S. L. Morris and I. S. McElroy, be and they are hereby instructed to receive a receipt for all funds due to this Synod as a result of the dissolution and settlement of this business of the Donald Fraser High School, and said trustees are also instructed to deliver all such funds to the Board of Directors of Oglethorpe University as a foundation for an endowment fund in said Oglethorpe University, to be known as the Georgia Professor- ship. In the report of the Permanent Committee on Christian Education and Ministerial Relief are to be found these good words: "Especially do we note with gratitude the auspicious opening of Oglethorpe, a new Southern Presbyterian University, and pray that this may yet be the earnest of a long and uninterrupted career of increasing service to the church and world of this institution now by the grace of God made alive again." And then, after the President of the University, by invitation of the Synod,' had made an address outlining the history and ideals of Oglethorpe, the Synod, by a unanimous rising vote, adopted the following resolutions: "The Synod of Georgia has heard with pleasure the admirable address of Thornwcll Jacobs and take this occasion to assure him again of our sympathy with the great work of refounding Ogle- thorpe University for our Southern Presbyterian Church to the glory of God. We assure him our great pleasure in the remark- able success that has attended his efforts in securing subscriptions that already aggregate more than $700,000.00, and in building one of the largest and finest fire-proof college buildings in the South, and in selecting a faculty conspicuous for scholarship and Christian character, and in attracting that remarkably large Freshman class of choice young men with which the University began its first ses- sion in September, 1916. We commend most cordially to the liber- ality of our people the claims of Oglethorpe University, with the hope tbat the endowment fund of the Georgia Professorship may soon be completed and tbat other Synods may follow the example of this Synod in the endowment of Synodical Professorships in this great Presbyterian University. 6 e>\ % OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN VOL. II. February, 1917 No. 4 Published monthly by Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Georgia Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Postoffice at Oglethorpe, University, Ga. GOOD NEWS AND THANKS. We wish to thank all of the many hundreds of founders of Ogle- thorpe University who have sent their checks, fulfilling- their pledges to aid, during the month of January. As a result we are able to report that the collections for the month have reached approximately $11,000.00. These checks have come from literally all over the United States, but chiefly from the South, of course. They have -come from big folks and little folks, from old folks and young folks, from rich folks and poor folks, from Church societies, Ladies Aid societies, Missionary societies, Sunday Schools and Sunday School classes, and indeed from everv sort and condition of men. The largest amount that we have received during the month from one source was $500.00 from an Atlanta corporation, the next largest was $425.00 from an Atlanta Presbyterian, the next largest was $400.00 from a friend in New York. Yet, perhaps the largest of all would be found among the $1.00 and $2.00 checks, many of which have come to us from generous hearted 'little boys and girls, and men and women. Accompanying them have been many dear and lovely letters from hearts warmed to aid this great enterprise. We take the liberty of printing one of these, without giving the name of the dear little girl who wrote it : Murfreesboro, Tenn., January Sth, litlT Dear Dr. Jacobs : I thank you warmly for the nice letter von sent to me I will always try to prove a friend to Oglethorpe University. I always was happy to think that some time I will own $50.00 iu that great Univer- sity. I am only ten years of age but am trying hard to earn the money I pay you with. * * * * I know it seems crazy to be (for me to be) writing- to a man I do not know very much but you write me so many nice letters that I could not help from writing to tell you what I think about Oglethorpe. I have joined the church and I want to be a missionary some time. Yours truly. You dear little girl, no gift has come to our office which is ap- preciated more than yours. May you have all your heart's wishes fulfilled and may God bless and keep you and all of your sort forever. * * * We are reminded in this connection of a verv beautiful stanza in the poem read by one of the distinguished galaxy of Southern poets on the occasion of the laying of the cornerstone of the first building of Oglethorpe. It is by Samuel Minturn Peck, author of "Swinging in the Grape-vine Swing," and it reads thus : "God bless the men benevolent, Who give this structure to the skies For them no grander monument In carven grace can ever rise. No need of marble or of brass Have they to keep their memory bright Time cannot dim The fame of him Who writes his name with light." The new year thus opens promising beautiful things for our en- terprise. Just two years ago we laid the cornerstone, and these are the things that the Oglethorpe founders have done since that time. They have enlarged the subscription list until now it is. about $700.- 000.00. They have completed the first great building of the institu- tion, which is universally conceded to be the highest class academic building in the Southern states, and worthy to be compared with any college or university building in the world. They have secured for that institution the following public utilities: A United States Post- office, a Southern Express office, a Telephone and Telegraph office, written assurance of an extension of the Atlanta Trolley line system and actual extension of bus service in the meantime, a Railway Sta- tion immediately opposite the campus, and the extension of the City Water System to serve the institution. And perhaps best of all, they have organized a brilliant and godly f acuity, and have assembled the largest first class that any similar institution ever assembled in the history of this section. For all of which we return, thanks to Him from whom cometh every good and perfect gift. * * * Read also this final word, which is an appeal: The finishing touches have just been put on our first building. The closing bills for the payment of it have accumulated. It is a wonderful building and we have received $1.25 worth for every $1.00 that we have spent on it and in it. It is all we can do to pay for it because our pledges are annual pledges and do not mature immediately. So, will you not send us your check, if you have not paid all that is due on your pledge, and thus gladden our hearts and aid the insti- tution of which you are one of the founders? If you have paid in full, and can do so without great inconve- nience, send us an extra check to be credited as advance payment on your promise. Some time when you are able, come out and see your school, for it is yours and will ever be. Heartily yours. THORNWELL JACOBS. President. OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN VOL. II. March, 1917 No. 5 Published monthly by Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, Georgia Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as seeond-elass mail matter at the Postofflce at Oglethorpe University, Ga. WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A GREAT FIGHT FOR A SPLEN- DID ENTERPRISE. In January and February we made an appeal to all of our patrons to send a substantial payment on their subscriptions, and wherever possible to pay in advance. # # * During these months we "received many encouraging letters. Here, for example, is one from a little friend in Memphis, Tennessee, that lies the right ring in it: Memphis, Term., Feb. 9th, 1917. "Dear Dr. Jacobs : I am so pleased to be able to hand you $10.00 herewith, on my subscription of $50.00 toward the Founding of Oglethorpe University, where I hope to go some day for my education. I am just nine years old now. I shall try and pay all of my subscription before a very long time. "Wishing you every success, I am, "Yours sincerely," We like to publish these letters from the boys and girls because they mean so much. Who knows but what this little man may be a student or a professor or a giver of a building to Oglethorpe in the davs to come? And here is a letter from a man who is out now bearing part of the burden of life. He also is doing his part, and it is a good part, and his check for $10.00 was very much appreciated: Pensacola, Florida, Feb. 7th, 1917. "Dear Friends : "I am enclosing herewith my check for $10.00 to be applied on the $20.00 balance now due by me to the University. I am sorry that I cannot pay it all at this time, but will remit the remaining $10.00 on March 31st. "With best wishes, I am, "Yours very truly," * -vp ^ And here is a short note from Brownsville, Tenn., which is typical of very many that we receive. It does our heart good for a letter to enclose the money not only, 'but the good wishes and high hopes and earnest prayers of the sender : Brownsville, Tenn., Feb. 14, 1917. "Gentlemen : "Enclosed is a money order for $3.00, covering the balance of my subscription. I am also sending sincerest wishes for the fullest suc- cess of the University, "Yours truly," And now March has come and we are in the midst of settling the last hills on the first great building of the University. It is said to be the highest class academic structure in the Southeast and one of the finest in the nation. For every $1.00 that has gone into it, we believe that we have secured $1.25 worth of result. All of our contracts were made at the time of low prices, and this building, built and equipped today, would cost us over $200,000.00. We need every cent we can get to meet these bills. We have, daily, reason to know that the friends of Oglethorpe University are the best friends in the world. Among these you are one. Please let this paragraph be a personal appeal from all of the men who have been, intrusted in the work of administration of your institution, pray- ing of you to send a check for every cent that you can on your sub- scription NOW. The work of the University is progressing happily. Between sixty and seventy boys are in the first class, the Freshman class, in the academic department. Next year there will be two classes, and the following year three, and so on until both the under-graduate and the graduate schools are filled. We have also become the happy recipient of a magnificent six- inch refracting telescope, valued at approximately $2,000.00, but priceless on account of its intimate association with the history of Old Oglethorpe. Dr. James Stacy, who was rn alumnus of the University of the class of 1849, and who was noted as a lover of astronomy during all of the many years of his ministry at Newnan, possessed a telescope which was famous all over Georgia for its clearness and size, it being generally esteemed as the finest telescope in the state. Dr. Stacy was one of the last living members of the board of directors of the Old Oglethorpe, and when he died, leaving the tele- scope to his nephew, Mr. Thomas Stacy Capers, now studying at Princeton University, it seemed to Mr. Capers the fitting thing that this telescope should be given to the New Oglethorpe as a memorial gift from the old alumnus and director. The authorities of the University in accepting the instrument have named it the "Stacy-Capers" telescope, uniting both the mem- ories of the uncle and, the generosity of the nephew. The telescope has arrived safely and is being set up for the use of the classes in astronomy. # # # But the main thing that we wish to say in this bulletin is : " Please do all that you can to help us pay these bills. ' ' /-// / f.f s Jt 3 f % /?/ 1i v sreAor l^/v> Tr / / *, " ' dC % O/ft ->r l orpri l)t/Y //a 9/fO / < o y i 6 (c mr 'h?/ 5 ho 0/ $6 OO. - 1 A> s% en lb ?o ". en ?0, 1 OO 4 5 * f% on 40 t QQ r M 1 s ' f*" AGE/ t 1 t i 9 /: g 7 ? ' e l 2 J - i a 5 <- 6 H 7 f -? 1 3 O 3 3 2 3 3 3 9 3 1 3 6 3 7 3 s 3 9 The above design shows some facts not generally known. It will be noted that the earnings of the graduates of various schools vary surprisingly. The common school graduate begins low down in the scale and at the age of 29 reaches his maximum of about $15.00 per week. The apprentice rarely gets higher than $20.00. The technical school graduate begins below $15.00 and goes something higher than $30.00 on an average. But the University trained man, beginning at the highest figure of them all, keeps steadily above them all. This diagram is of the greatest significance to young men, who are now choosing the institution which they expect to attend during the coming years aud whose iuru-int and influence will determine the value of their lives, both to themselves and to society. These findings on the "Money Value of Educational Training" are the result of much investigation by Mr. James Dodge when president of the Societv of American Mechanical Engineers. It is worthy of careful study. who have founded Oglethorpe by their gifts and prayers, have been good to us also. Thev have paid their subscriptions well, when all things are considered, and while we have a right to expect a tremendous slump in receipts the falling off is not so great but that we may yet, during the months of November and December, catch up with last year. This we are hoping to do, praying that all of our friends who are behind in their pledges may see that Oglethorpe does not suffer. Here is a letter that we have recently received from one of the finest fellows in the world. It is self-explanatory and breeds the constructive spirit of those whose lives really help the world. "Dear Dr. Jacobs: I have just read the October Bulletin and am rejoicing with you that the Street Railway has built an extension beyond the University, and that you are pleased with the second opening of Oglethorpe. I rejoice with you in all the good things that have happened to Oglethorpe. In spite of the greatest war in history, and the peculiar burdens placed upon the South in the past three years, we have gone forward, and, with God's help, we have established an institu- tion that will reflect the highest Christian manhood. T am saving four hundred dollars for a gift in the spring of 1918. and hope to be able to send it promptly when you most need it. Remember me to your wife and to the members of the Faculty. Trusting that I may have the pleasure of visiting the Uni- versity this winter and with best wishes, I am, Verv sincerely vours," The President of the University paid a most delightful visit to the Synod of Tennessee in session at Murfreesboro in the week of October 16th. By their generous courtesy he was permitted to speak to them of Oglethorpe, of her past, her present and her future; of her, ideals and hopes and of such help as they might be able to give her when their duties to their local institutions should have first been fulfilled. The Synod of Tennessee remains, after the loss of the eastern section of the State, a strong and noble body of men. Their hearts are true and loyal to all that is best and open to every good plan that promises aid in the work of the Church. One of the most beautiful services rendered the Institution was effected at the home of Mrs. Thos. Brumby, in Marietta, Ga., a week ago. At the instance of this devoted friend of Oglethorpe, some twenty-five ladies met to organize the Ma- rietta Chapter of the Oglethorpe Woman's Board, pledging their loyalty to the Institution and preparing to lay plans to aid therein in all phases of its work. Mrs. Brumby is a daughter of Mr. J. R. Gray, the great and good man who was Chairman of our Executive Commit- tee. The Board of Directors of the University welcomed the organization of this new force and hope that it will be of much service to our Institution. Here Is Another Lovely Letter "Dear Dr. Jacobs: My pledge of one hundred dollars to Oglethorpe University lacks thirty dollars of being paid in full, and I am enclosing you my check for that amount. My pledge was to run through ten years, but I have found I could shorten the time, and not knowing what might occur before that time is up I preferred making my payments more promptly. In closing let me wish the University a long and increas- ingly successful existence, and may you be its honored Presi- dent for many years to come." (igletljnrp? limuerattg lulUtin VOL. Ill December, 1917 No 2 Published monthly by Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, Ga. Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Postoffice at Oglethorpe University, Ga. LAURINBURG A PRAYER AND GOD. By Thornwell Jacobs. May T tell to you a story that to me is very -marvelous ? In the State of Noth Carolina is a little city called Laurinburg, wherein is a Presbvterian Church of some three hundred and hftv Bird's-eye view of Oglethorpe University as it will appear when com- pleted. The building on the right of the entrance is already finished and now occupied by a splendid body of young men. The Railway Station is to stand at the head of the entrance driveway, at the extreme right of the picture, and is now under construction. memhers, and by the gracious courtesy of their Session 1 was re- cently permitted to tell the Oglethorpe Story to their people. No canvas was to be made nor any personal appeal to individuals for subscriptions ; ju^t the story of our hope and praver and plan to build a Southern Presbyterian University. It was the one hundred and first time that I have had such a privilege and each church had given one thousand dollars o_r more to ; the enterprise when asked. Amid the utter turmoil of a gigantic world-stiruggle, with all the usual and many unusual difficulties surrounding the presentation: with all the usual means of success barred; with only the Father to depend on I faced the congregation. One prayer had been in my heart, that God would start the second hundred presentations wiith the same lovely benediction with which he began the fiirst, giving us two thousand dollars for what we believe to be His University. No means was available but prayer. No Pastor was there to help, no canvas with its powerful personal appeal was to be made. If the Father would not answer the record would be broken and the first failure recorded. If the people did not voluntarily come forward by His urging all human means was estopped from persuading them. Now, see how good He was to us and how very swift in coming to our help. Scarcely was the presentation over before a generous-hearted woman came forward offering fifty dollars as her gift. Another followed and anotheir, and then a man gave two hundred and fifty. A generous lady pledged a hundred dollars for her society which was later raised by them to two hundred and fifty dollars. After the night service a woman added twenty-five and a man one hundred dollars. And there it stopped until Monday. Then one by one they came to mie, those generous, great-hearted people first. a gentleman who wanted to give us a hundred dollars. Then I was invited to the other Church Society and they added two hundred and fifty dollars. A fine-spirited man hunted me up at the hotel to hand me a check for one hundred dollars, and one man and woman with a marvelous liberality added a whole thousand to the list. Then, to make it a good measure, pressed down and running over, another woman, having heard that the gifts had reached two thousand, two hundred and twenty-five dollars telephoned twenty-five more to make it two thousand two hundred and fifty even. All this God did for us because we needed Him so. and another piraver was answered. To me it is all very wonderful, for 1 am not thinking of the marvelous generosity only, so spontaneous and voluntary, nor of the amount, so large and liberal, nor of how this big-hearred church in North Carolina has again demonstrated that the Southern Presbv- terian people want a truly great University and are willing to pav for it ; but I am thinking most of Unurinhnrg A Prayer and God. VOL. Ill January, 1918 No. 3 Published monthly by Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, Ga. Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter nt 'the Postof'fice at Oglethorpe University, 6a. THE GOODNESS OF GOD IN 1917. It is well, as the old year gives place to the new, to make men- tion of the mercies of God. In the midst of the vast tumult of war so great as to cause the joints of the earth to gape, he has been with us in everything : Our old friends have been liberal and loyal and He has added many new ones to their number. The receipts of the University have been larger than last year in spite of the world-wide cataclysm. A beautiful new stone Railway Station has been given us cost- ing nearly Ten Thousand Dollars, and is to bear our name Ogle- thorpe University. The Georgia Railway & Power Company has built a trolley line past our doors and established a satisfactory schedule to and from Atlanta. The United States Government has appropriated $100,000.00 to build a splendid boulevard past the doors of the University, connect- ing, by way of Peachtree Road, the City of Atlanta with Camp Gor- don, two miles east of the institution. The ladies of Atlanta (and Marietta) have organized the "Wom- an's Board of Oglethorpe University" with some five hundred mem- bers and have raised over eight hundred dollars to be used in beauti- fying the Oglethorpe Campus. No sooner had they pledged their loyalty than they showed their power. There is no way to measure the value of this fine addition to the resources of our School. In spite of the unusual shortage in attendance at Male Colleges and Universities we have more students this year than last and the quality of both conduct and class-room work is superior to last year. And many other such-like blessings we gratefully record, not the least of which is loyal, devoted aid and endorsement of the Synod of Georgia, the kind words of the Southern General Assembly, the generosity of Presbyterians all over the nation and of liberal Atlantans of all faiths. And now, facing the possibilities of the New Year, we ask for only two things: the love of God and the continued loyalty of our founders. Do not forget your University. Do not forsake it. Re- member during these days of stress to aid in taking care of your institution which will remain to bless you and yours after the great conflict is over. A prayer will help. But add a check to it if you possibly can just to make sure of its being answered. HELP FROM THE FRONT. Here is an interesting letter from one of our soldier boys who has not forgotten Oglethorpe : Section 526, U. S. A. A. C, Allentown, Pa., December 12, 1917. Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, Prest., Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, Ga. My dear Dr. : Guess I had better send you my "tenth" right away and before Christmas begins to perplex me, or I am afraid you will not get it. All the boys in our section (from South Carolina) are thinking, talking, singing, dreaming nothing but their contemplated ten-day furlough "home for Christmas." As I can not go back to Georgia I'm going to remain in camp. Snowing here today all is covered with snow and ice, making it look very Christmas-like. This is to wish you a very Merry Christmas and to ask you to put to my credit on my donation to Oglethorpe the enclosed $3.30, receipt and oblige. Yours truly, (Signed) RODERICK D. McALPINE. This monument to Sidney Lanier, Oglethorpe's former Poet-graduate, stands in Piedmont Park, Atlanta. The bust was recently stolen but was found and replaced. Lanier's Oglethorpe diploma and a crayon picture of him at the age of fifteen hangs just above our President's desk. OGLETHORPE AT SYNOD. Here is a kindly resolution about Oglethorpe adopted at the last meeting of the Synod of Georgia at Savannah : The Synod of Georgia has heard, with pleasure, the addresses of Drs. I. S. McElroy, D. H. Ogden, A. A. Little and Thornwell Jacobs in the interest of Oglethorpe University, and notes with satis- faction the stead}' progress made by that institution. We re-affirm our action taken at the last meeting of the Synod in Dalton, and especially that section thereof that commends the institution most cordially to the liberality of our people and express the hope that the endowment fund of the Georgia Professorship of the Bible, may soon be completed and that other Synods may follow the example of this Synod in the endowment of Sy nodical Profes- sorships in this great Presbyterian University. In all that has been done for Oglethorpe we acknowledge the good hand of our God and upon all that will be done we pray His blessing-. Kind words will help. They also are prayers. But remember "Words are the daughters of men but deeds are the sons of God!" A student will help. Put us in touch with him. Anything that you can think or feel or do for us out of your good and gracious heart will by just that much set us forward toward our goal, a great Christian University under the auspices of the Presbyterian Church, loyal to Jesus Christ and devoted to Almighty God. (ivlctltarpe Hmtrcrstty bulletin VOL. Ill FEBRUARY, 1918 No. 4 Published Monthly by Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, Ga. Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Postomce at Oglethorpe University, Georgia Does The Southern Presbyterian Church Need A University? By A. A. Little, D. D., in the Presbyterian of the South Amid the maelstrom of discussion in educational matters we sur- mise this is the real question to ask and answer. It is not, whether our present colleges and high schools are numerous enough and en- dowed sufficiently. Nor is it the question of educational units. These are very minor questions and only trifling with the matter. The one thing to decide is, does the cause of God and of truth demand that we have a university under the direct or indirect control of our Church, of whose orthodox Presbyterianism there can never be any doubt, world without end? When we have decided this there is but one thing to do, to arise and in the fear of God, build. We rise to remark that the fathers of our Church saw that the time would come when we would need imperatively, a university. In the stressful years of the generation after the Civil War it was as much as a man could do to get a sort of college education. Money was scarce. The institutions were poorly equipped and hard to reach. But such men as Dr. Palmer, of New Orleans; Dr. Thornwell, of South Carolina; Dr. Dabney, of Virginia, and Dr. Shearer, of David- son, felt the coming need of our Church. With this end in view, Dr. Palmer put his splendid energies into th*-Southwestern Presbyterian University, hoping it would become the apex of our educational system. We remember the risibles that were excited by the prospectus of the South Atlantic University, At- lanta, which only show our ignorance and the far-seeing vision of the prophet of things educational Dr. Shearer. Dr. Dabney, despairing of such a university, turned his powers of teaching philosophy to the secular institution of Texas. These men saw far and knew much. Smaller men had to get nearer to our times to see what they saw. Some even now, purblind by looking at little things, can see no need for the university. These leaders of thought realized that colleges were not enough. These colleges might be good, but the very idea of a college failed to give CO +* 2. 9 c 2 c^ S =8 g. C U J3.2 5 u'S c ~S s 3! c ^ C 3 * .2 cpH -S I) 0) -a 1 " 'Sd - (8*3 " 5S a o o;5 C; ^ a 01 .2 * E .2f " jc st > 2 H.S a ito >i g p, 0) - t xi j: c > x ai >.'"j Or**- _g a. !5 the special teachings necessary to the full development of the mind of man. These men were not antagonistic to colleges; they knew their value, but they also knew their limitations. Then the question of the hour is, has the time come for the in- stitution that Drs. Palmer, Shearer, Dabney and Thornwell and other leaders of the past saw to be necessary? We submit that the hour has struck. One of the patent objections in days gone by was the poverty of the Southern people. It takes an immense amount of money to found a university. Where was it to come from? Not from a section ex- hausted by war and dislocated in all its economic life by the results of war. What is the condition of the South now? It is rolling in wealth. It has so much money that it is dazed. The men have not learned to let it go as yet, but we are learning rapidly. It is no more trouble to raise millions for a university now than it was to establish a high school a generation ago. Another reason for the failure of these men to materialize their vision was the fact that very few men from the South wanted or could afford a university course. Only here and there did a man go off to the Northern univer- sities or to Germany. How is it now? Thousands of our men and hundreds of our wo- men are going away to the North for their special training. There is a large and growing clientage in the South. Our colleges have awakened a desire for more and higher learning. Brilliant young men and women are answering the call and receiving splendid intel- lectual training in other universities. The larger reason for a university, anchored to our type of relig- ious thought, lies in the fact that nearly if not quite all the Northern universities have swung away from what we hold most dear. In the year 1909 there appeared an article by Harold Bolce, which asserted that there was a radical conflict between college teaching and orthodox authority. He mentioned these universities where the truths of historic Christianity were boldly flung overboard. He was never answered. He could not be, because he was giving the facts. In a recent article he has boldly challenged the teaching of the higher colleges for women, and asserts that they are teaching the seventy thousand women in them to discard the teachings of the word of God and of His Church. In other words the college class room is engaged in open conflict with the teachings of the Church of God. In a striking article in the Biblical Review for October quotation after quotation from approved professors, at whose feet our men and women are sitting, is given, showing that they are denying the very fundamentals of religion. The existence of a personal God, the im- mortality of the soul, the binding forca of mortality and the necessary union of religion with it. We know that the horrid philosophy of Nietsche is taught in many of these schools. This is the infidel philosophy that has pro- duced the horrors of the war; has made Germany a scourge to hu- manity; has produced more barbarians under Christian guises and is threatening the world with another Dark Age. If these things are so, then it is time we were setting up a uni- versity that will reverently teah the truth, that will give our men and women the best without undermining their faith in God, which will be a munition plant in which to forge weapons against this hid- eous power of darkness that is threatening the world with destruc- tion. God grant us the vision to see our need, and the courage and perseverance to carry it to a triumphant conclusion. Beautification of Oglethorpe Campus Begins. At a meeting of the Campus Committee of the Woman's Board of Ogle- thorpe University, of which Mrs. H. P. Hermance is Chairman, held Tuesday morning, Mr. Reuben Harman was authorized to proceed at once with the land- scape work and planting which the ladies are having done on the University cam- pus. Mr. Harman, whose work in Atlanta and on some of the greatest estates in the whole country has eminently qualified him for this task, will begin work on February 5th next. An interesting feature of the work is the request made by the Committee that all the friends of the institution who can spare any shrubs and flowering trees would notify either Mrs. H. P. Hermance, Chairman, Telephone Hemlock 1495, or Mrs. Thornwell Jacobs, Telephone Hemlock 788-L, or the University, Telephone Hemlock 168. If the donor cannot have the shrubs lifted and delivered at the University, Mr. Harman will have it done where the gift is of sufficient quantity to warrant the expense of time and labor. It is the wish of the Commit- tee that each member of the Woman's Board should have some shrubbery on the Oglethorpe Campus from her own yard and gifts from any friends of Oglethorpe not members will be appreciated. Shrubbery of every kind is desired as there is a great deal of planting to be done, among other things an old-fashioned hedge- row of flowering shrubs and trees a thousand feet long. Gifts from all over the South are hoped for. They should be expressed to Oglethorpe University, at Oglethorpe University, Ga. , and sent so as to arrive between Feb. 4th and 20th. The Georgia Professorship o Bible. Dr. B. M. Shive, who has recently returned from a most successful trip to Florida made in the interest of the University, will shortly begin work on the completion of the Georgia Professorship of the English Bible which will be raised in the State of Georgia under the authorization of a special resolution passed by the Synod of Georgia at both its last and preceding meetings. Something like $4,000 has already been contributed out of the $50,000 that is needed. Dr. Shive is well known as both an able and enthusiastic speaker and preach- er and his work among the churches of Georgia will have the double advantage of being helpful to the University and to the churches themselves. Meeting, The Fuel Famine. Oglethorpe University has been most fortunate during the desperately ser- ious days of fuel famine through which our country has been passing. The Uni- versity is located in the suburbs of Atlanta but of her large campus of fifty acres between thirty and forty are heavily wooded. In these woods are many old, de- formed trees the removal of which, by proper methods of forestry, not only fur- nishes fuel for the steam plant of the University but incidentally adds beauty to the forest. As a consequence, all during the snowy and sleety weather wood- choppers have been busy cutting and cording, and our big steam plant which has to heat approximately 40,000 square feet of floor space has been burning wood almost entirely. In this way the amount of coal used by the institution has been very greatly reduced and the University has done her bit to aid in relieving the coal famine. (igletljnrjip Inturratty HitUrtitt vol. in March, 1918 No 5 Published monthly by Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, Ga. Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Postot'fiee at Oglethorpe University, <;. Thomas Harvey Hubbard, one of the younger founders of Oglethorpe University, lives in Ft. Worth, Texas, where one Sabbath morning be heard of bow the Southern Pres- byterians were refounding their ante-bellum I niversity old Oglethorpe. After the service be subscribed $100.00, every payment of which be has met regularly. God bless the lad FINANCIAL STATEMENT TO OUR FOUNDERS. Thinking that all the men and women, boys and girls, who have founded Oglethorpe University will be interested in an exact statement of the amounts subscribed to Oglethorpe University by states, show ng also amounts paid up to date and balances due. we are printing such report in this bulletin and sending a copy of it to our founders. These figures tell a wonderful story of generosity, faith, and devotion on the part of nearly five thousand people scattered throughout the whole United States, but principally in the South. Some interesting facts appear from a study of the subscriptions. It will be noted that every Southern State from Virginia to Texas, from Mis- souri to Florida is represented. The proportions pad by the various states show Tennessee leading all others, one-half of the amount subscribed hav- ing already been paid. This is a very wonderful record and one of wlr'ch any state should be proud. It will be noted also that the State of Georgia, including Atlanta, has subscribed somewhat over half of the total amount pledged; that Tennessee is next to Georgia; that Florida follows Tennessee and that the two Caro- iinas and Louisiana are almost evenly matched for the fourth, fifth and .sixth places. Then come Arkansas, Texas and Alabama in the order named, with Kentucky, Mississippi, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Connecticut, and scattering gifts from New York, Massachusetts and Washington. The totals are splendid. $735,000.00 subscribed and $328,000.00 collected, with over $400,000.00 still in process of collection. We are trying our best to reach the million mark by January, 1921. If v/e do this there is a cash gift of $25,000.00 coming to us. 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IV MAY, 1919 No. 5 Published Monthly by Ofelethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, Ga. Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Post-Office at Oglethorpe University, Ga. OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY OPEN ALL THE YEAR. Beginning- July 8th next, Oglethorpe University will become an all the year round school. Its academic year will be divided into four terms of approximately twelve weeks each. The summer term will be devoted to intensive university work. Standard college courses will be offered leading to degrees and affording full college credit. These courses will be taught by the regular faculty of the university in all departments. By intensification it will then be possible for students to do as much work during the summer term in any one course as they would be able to do during the ordinary college year of nine months, and it would also be possible for them to take as many as two studies in that way, and, in some exceptional cases, three. All of these courses will be open to women and proper dormitory facilities will be afforded them at the university. The regular tuition and boarding charges will be in effect during the summer term as during the other terms. This change in the policy of the university has been brought about by the demand on the part of many students that they should have facilities for the shortening of the period of their education from four years to three, which will thus be made, possible. Others will be enabled to make up deficiencies during the summer term. It will also enable many teachers of graded schools and smaller colleges to take advantage of the summer months by pursuing standard college courses taught by the regular faculty of the university along the lines of their particular interests, these studies to afford them full college credit leading toward college degrees. Oglethorpe University thus becomes the first institution in the Southern States to hold its doors open all the year round for regular university work, the courses offered during the summer term consist- ing of standard university subjects. Another Handsome Gift. Oglethorpe University is again made the recipient of a handsome donation which will set forward tremendously the great campaign our institution is now quietly waging to win the $35,000.00 offered by Mr. S. M. Inman provided that a total of $1,000,000.00 is raised by the institution on or before December 31st, 1920. The gift is made by Mr. John K. Ottley, one of the men whose name is most closely associated with the founding of the University and whose work and counsel have been of greatest use in the fine progress which the institution has made. Mr. Ottley is the first and only Treasurer of the University. He is also a member of the Execu- tive Committee, of the Finance Committee and of the Board of Directors. He was one of the first dozen men to make the original founders' subscription launching the campaign for Oglethorpe, and he is one of the best loved of all its many benefactors. The letter from Mr. Ottley announcing his intention of making this gift follows : "April 2, 1919. "Dr. Thornwell Jacobs, President, "Oglethorpe University, Ga. "Dear Dr. Jacobs : "For several years now I have been watching your work in the organi- zation and financing of Oglethorpe University. In my relation to the work as Treasurer and Trustee I have had ample opportunity to know the diffi- culties under which you have labored and your quality of persistent, pains- taking faith has impressed me very deeply. You have given brain and heart and strength to the work in unstinted measure and your efforts have been crowned with a two-fold success. That is to say, your work has, in addition to securing funds and subscriptions made a lasting impression upon the hearts of the people not Presbyterians alone, but the entire community. "It has been in my thought for some time to make a subscription to Oglethorpe and I hereby promise to give Five Thousand Dollars, which I will pay in installments covering a period of five years. "You have my sincere wishes for the continued success of your work. I hope that you yourself may long be spared to carry on your efforts to provide a great school whose object is the development of our boys and young men into staunch and cultured Christian citizens. "With very cordial interest, I am "Yours sincerely, John K. Ottley. VOL. IV JUNE, 1919 No. 6 Published Monthly by Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, Ga. Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Post-Office at Oglethorpe University, Ga. MY IMPRESSIONS OF OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY BY JAMES ROUTH, Ph.D. Professor of Englsh in Oglethorpe University. The newcomer generally has more accurate impressions of an institution or of a city than an old-timer. With real information it may be the other way around. But- with impressions the old- timer is at a disadvantage. He takes everything for granted. At the same time the mere newness of an impression is not a guarantee of its correctness. It may be colored by contrasts, like the impression of an American returning from abroad to whom everything is good simply and entirely because it is home. Im- pressions may also be colored by purely accidental and transient circumstances. When I arrived at Oglethorpe from New Orleans, I came as an American from a city half European, and I found myself plunged at once into the strict discipline of one of the strictest and most efficient units of the Students' Army Training Corps, an organiza- tion with which I had barely made acquaintance before, due to the suspension of work in New Orleans during the worst of the in- fluenza epidemic. My first impressions of Oglethrpe were clear and sharp. One was a distinct sense of the compelling, almost uncanny beauty of the first of its buildings, so far superior to any other Southern piece of architecture I know, unless one of the Spanish missions near San Antonio in Texas might be compared with it in absolute quality of charm and strength. Buildings, however, do not make a college. And impressions of a more lively sort began to press forward, impressions of the stu- dent body. And let me say at the outset that a huskier, more prom- ising set I have never seen in North or South. Some may be rough. Nineteen is not a gentle age. But their seriousness of purpose, their frank expression of their religious sentiments, and their sense of corps spirit, or to put it in better English their clan loyalty, were at once inspiring and refreshing. This, I believe, was the strongest of my early impressions of Oglethorpe, and the disbandment of the Army Training Corps has by no means diminished it. The straight soldier, with his crisp military manner has relapsed into the easy- going civilian with a more languid manner, but under it all the spirit is the same. Though the Major and the lieutenants are gone, the shades they invoked are still with us, showing that they were at home, and on congenial ground. Of the faculty I might write at length, if I were not now one of them. One admires and cherishes friends of his own age, but can not quite regard them as "impressions." One thing though I may say without flattering a body of which I am a member. The amount of work they contrive to do is a standing tribute to their pluck and their stamina, and the amount is only equalled by the enthusiasm with which it is undertaken. (%Ictl)oqi Hmitirstiv fBuUetht VOL. IV JULY, 1919 No. 7 Published Monthly by Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, Ga. Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Post-Office at Oglethorpe University, Ga. Dr. J. F. SELLERS Recent Additions to the Faculty of Oglethorpe University We take pleasure in announcing the acceptance by Dr. J. F. Sellers of the headship of the Department of Science at the University. Dr. Sellers is one of the best known scientists in the Southeast, having been for a number of years head of the same department at Mercer University, where also he was the Dean of the University and at times acting President. His academic record is of the highest, his degrees of A.B. and A. M. coming from the Uni- versity of Mississippi with special courses in science at the University of Virginia and the University of Chicago where he was Teaching Fellow in analytical chemistry from 1896-1898. The degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Mississippi College in 1916 for distinguished attainment in scientific work. He has been Professor of Chemistry in Mississippi College and Mercer University. Dr. Sellers was elected President of the Georgia Chemical Socity in 1908 and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1907. Since 1918 he has been Educational Sec- retary, A. E. F., stationed in England, and Professor of Chemistry in the University of Beaune, in France. He will arrive in this country in time to take up his work for the summer term, which opens on July 8th next. The University is receiving many congratulations upon the acceptance of this position by Dr. Sellers, many other institutions having endeavored to secure his services upon his return to America. His many friends throughout Georgia also rejoice in knowing that he is to remain in this state where his splendid labors have won him such distinction and success. Announcement is also made of the acceptance of Dr. Arthur Stephen Libby of the headship of the School of Commerce at the University. No position in the University has demanded greater care in the selection of its incumbent than that which Prof. Libby will occupy. The School of Commerce at Oglethorpe is the full equal in curriculum and faculty of the other great divisions of the academic work and in the selection of a head of this department the greatest care has been exercised. Dr. Libby comes to Atlanta with a remarkable record of attainments and ability. His degrees come to him from Bowdoin College Ph.B., from the University of Maine A.B. and A.M., from the Sorbonne, Paris, A.M., from Brown University A.M., from the University of Paris Ph.D. Dr. Libby has also pursued special studies in Law at the University of Maine and Columbia and his academic experience runs from the beginning of his career as High School principal in Maine to Professorial work in Con- verse College, Wofford College and Brown University. Dr. Libby has distinguished himself as a lecturer for the Department of Education at the San Francisco Exposition, as Lyceum lecturer on travel and history and as special lecturer for the Government during the recent war. His record shows him particularly capable in the departments of Political Science, International Law and International Commerce and History. Dr. Libby speaks five languages fluently and comes to Oglethorpe with the highest of recommendations as a great teacher not only but as a cultured gentleman and civic leader. Dr. ARTHUR STEPHEN LIBBY At Ogjethorpe Next Year We will have a splendid new huilding given by Mr. and Mrs.. Lupton in process of erection where many of our boys will be earn- ing part of their way through college by aiding in its construction.. We will have our dairy enlarged and better equipped, furnish- ing the same quality of good milk and butter that the boys enjoyed during 1918-19. We will have our campus rendered even more attractive by work now being done on it under the direction of Mr. Jos. R. Murphy, We will have our Railway Station, Oglethorpe University, in operation, this station costing over $10,000.00 and constituting to all intents and purposes a University building, constructed of granite and harmonious in architectural design with the other buildings of the campus. We will have the same commodious and comfortable rooms un- equalled anywhere in the South and unsurpassed in the nation, occu- pied by boys who appreciate a beautiful building, with added em- phasis upon the care of the rooms. The University store, with increased capital, furnishing a larger assortment of college goods at reasonable prices. We will have the largest student body in our history, consti- tuting four full college classes, and the year will close with the first Commencement season with many interesting features to make it a most memorable occasion. We will have an enlarged faculty of experts coming in personal contact with the students, including the Freshmen as well as the Seniors, and thus offering the most unusual opportunity for those students who go to college for study and improvement as well as for enjoyment. And most important of all, we will have a loyal and enthusiastic student body whose successes in academic matters as well as ath- letics have already made Oglethorpe a synonym of high standards and unusual attainments. #0letljaqje fctu^rsttjr BitUetin VOL. IV AUGUST, 1919 No. 8 Published Monthly by Ofelethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, Ga. Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Post-Office at O&lethorpe University, Ga. Working, Ones Way Through. Oglethorpe University Among the many attractive features of life at Oglethorpe Univer- sity is the way in which a great many of the students work their way through college. Approximately twenty-live per cent of the men in attendance are engaged in some task whereby they earn a greater or less amount of their expenses. There are jobs indoors, such as the Post Office, the Co operative store, the Express and Freight offices, the Bookkeeping department, etc. Waiting on the tables is also a way in which some of the boys may earn something more than their pin money and firing the furnace and janitor's work will be added this year to the list of self-help jobs. Then there are the campus and farm, on both of which a number of boys are employed. Our own students keep the shrubbery clean of grass, mow the lawn, look after the hedge, attend to the hauling, and on the farm and dairy they milk the cows, feed the stock, plow the fields, raise the crops, attend to the ditches, and, in general, do practically all that is to be done. We find the labor of these boys for the most part efficient and satisfactory. Taken all in all they are honest, industrious workers and they are paid well for their labors, the standard of pay being 30 cents per hour. And in addition to all the above jobs, during the coming year there will be constructed on the campus of the University a beautiful new building and it is planned to employ students whenever possible in this work. This is a splendid new building given by Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lupton and it is believed by builders that a big proportion of the common labor needed for it can be furnished by the students. Oglethorpe University has found that there is another great ad- vantage in this self-help work. It eliminates all traces of mendi- cancy. Nothing tends to destroy character in a young man more quickly than for him to be given free tuition and other bonuses that set him apart as an object of charity. We believe at Oglethorpe that the very first thing a university should teach is self reliance and individual initiative. We, therefore, arranged the administra- tion of the University in such a way that any student that is intell- igent and industrious can supplement his funds, no matter how limited they may be, by his own labors. We find that the boys who work their way through Oglethorpe are among the best students at the institution and their records compare favorably with the very best of those young men who, having suffi- cient funds, do not find it necessary to devote any of their time to self support. Parents of students interested in this subject can obtain further information by writing directly to the President. (i%letlim*pc litnhicrsity Bulletin VOL. IV SEPTEMBER, 1919 No. 9 Published Monthly by Oglethorpe University, Oglethorpe University, Ga. Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as second-class mail matter at the Post-Office at Oglethorpe University, Ga. PROF E. S. HEATH Oglethorpe University takes pleasure in announcing that Mr. Eugene Scofield Heath has been added to the scientific faculty in the department of Biology and will undertake his work on September 24th, 1919. Mr. Heath has had broad training and experience. He is ac- quainted with educational conditions both as a student and as a teacher in the south, the middle west, and the far west. Though born in Ohio, he received most of his elementary school- ing in the state of Nebraska, returning to Ohio for the completion of his high school course. Between this schooling and the time he entered Ohio Wesleyan University in 1901, he studied for a time in the Ohio Northern University. He graduated from Ohio Wesleyan in 1906, with the A. B. degree, with biology as one of his major subjects. Here he had work under L. G. Westgate and Edward L. Rice. Mr. Heath's next studying was done at the University of Nebraska, under the direction of the eminent botanist, Charles E. Bessey. At the conclusion of this course of study, he received the master's degree in June, 1912, his master's thesis being the result of original investigation of The Effect of Wind Upon the Develop- ment of Mechanical Elements in Plant Stems. Since this time spent at the University of Nebraska, Mr. Heath has had several semester's work in the University of California, where he has completed resi- dence requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy. In Cali- fornia, in addition to coming under the direction of the regular staff of the botany department, Mr. Heath had work under John Campbell Merriam, the v/idely known palaeontologist of the Uni- versity of California, besides courses under John Merle Coulter of the University of Chicago, and Vernon Lyman Kellogg, professor of bionomics in Leland Stanford, Junior, University, both visiting professors in special sessions. Along with these varied opportunities for advanced study, Mr. Heath's practical experience in teaching has kept apace. He began his career in the rural school system of Ohio, following his gradua- tion from high school. While at Ohio Wesleyan, he was an assistant in the registrar's office in the earlier part of his college course, and during the latter half, he was an assistant in the biological labora- tory. After receiving the bachelor's degree, he held a position of teacher of sciences in the Bowling Green, Ohio, High School. From here, he returned for another year's teaching at Ohio Wesleyan. From this position he went directly for advanced study to the Uni- versity of Nebraska, where he held a teaching fellowship during three of the four semesters he spent in this institution. Interrupt- ing his master's course, during the year 1910-1911, he took charge of the work in botany at the Peru State Normal, Peru, Nebraska, during the regular session, and conducted the general zoology, also, during the summer session. As a result of the superior quality of his work as a student, as a laboratory instructor at the University of Nebraska, and as head of the botany at the State Normal, Mr. Heath won the lasting friendship and esteem of the late Dr. Bessey under whom he had taken his master's degree. From the University of Nebraska, Mr. Heath went to Pomona College, California, as head of the department of botany. He completed two years of suc- cessful teaching in this institution, conducting in addition, the sum- mer session work in marine botany at the Laguna Beach Marine Biological Laboratory. In connection with his department work, Mr. Heath edited The Pomona College Journal of Economic Botany, a publication at that time, of no little significance. From Pomona, he went to the Fresno, California Junior College, as head of the department of biology, a department which he had the good fortune to initiate and to equip. A number of his students from Fresno went up to the state university at Berkeley, for advanced study in biological subjects, as did several from Pomona, in addition to a few who have made enviable records in Harvard and Cornell, on the basis of the under-graduate study under Mr. Heath's direction. Leaving Fresno in 1916, Mr. Heath went to the University of Cali- fornia as a member of the teaching force of the botany department. While here he did graduate study in botany and paleobotany. The fall of 1917, he filled the post of assistant-professor during the ab- sence of Professor Gardner on leave. During this time, he delivered the lectures and managed the laboratory sections for a class in general botany numbering nearly three hundred. In 1918, Mr. Heath came to Georgia where he conducted the department of biology in the summer session of the University of Georgia. With the record which Mr. Heath has back of him, both as a re- search student and as a teacher, Georgia is fortunate to acquire him as one of her university professors. He comes with the training and capacity to do important work in a field until recent years practic- ally negelcted in this state. illctliorpc Mmticrstty Bulletin VOL. IV OCTOBER, 1919 No. 10 Published Monthly by O&lethorp:? University, Ofelethorpe University, Ga Edited by Thornwell Jacobs Entered as seeond-2lass mail mattsr at th? Post-Offiee at O&lethorp? University, Ga Birdseye view of Oglethorpe University as il will appear when, by the loyalty and love of thousands of her friends, she shall stand complete on her beautiful campus out Peachtree Road in the suburbs of Atlanta, Ga. The first building on the right as you enter has already been completed and occu- pied, and is valued, equipped, at over $200,000.00. A beautiful little stone railway station, named Oglethorpe University, valued at ap- proximately $12,500.00, stands at the head of the entrance driveway in the foreground. The structure with the tower on the left as you enter is reallv a group of three buildings, which will contain a Library, with space for 50,000 volumes, the Founders' memorial room, museum, lecture rooms, beautiful Gothic chapel seating 4O0, with stage arranged for college plays, moving pictures and stereopticon lectures, a section equipped for chemical laboratory, twenty dormitory rooms for students, a great clock and chimes, with electric bell system, an open-air observatory and a lecture roof garden. They will also contain a complete gymnasium with about 250 lockers, swimming pool. etc.. and a small college printing plant. The first of these three buildings, the one containing the tower in the foreground is under construction, by the generosity of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Lupton When it is finished Oglethorpe University will be one of the best equipped institutions for academic work in this country, and will be a school on which every one of its founders may look with satisfaction and gratitude to God. A Critical Hour for Oglethorpe Oglethorpe University faces today her most critical hour. By the generosity of Mr. Samuel M. Inman the sum of $25,000 cash will be paid to the University, provided the institution shall have secured total assets and solvent subscriptions amounting to $1,000,- 000 by midnight of December 31, 1920. Of this sum the Committee appointed by Mr. Inman has already approved $500,000 of subscriptions and has before it for further ap- proval $280,787.94. This leaves a balance of $219,212.06 to be raised. Included in the above figures are some recent figures not yet made public, as follows: Anderson, Jas. T $1,200.00 Armstrong, Dr. M. N 1,200.00 Cohen, John S 1,200.00 Hinman, Dr. Thos. P 1,200.00 Jacobs, Dr. Dillard 1,200.00 Jacobs, Dr. Thornwell 1,200.00 King, Dr. J. Cheston 1,200.00 Moore, Wilmer L 1,200.00 Ottley, JohnK 5,000.00 Porter, J. Russell 1,000.00 Steele, W. 1,000.00 Winship, C. R 1,200.00 Watkins, Edgar 1,200.00 $19,000.00 The above subscriptions included all subscriptions made to the University up to and including June 30, 1919, since which date the, following subscriptions have been added: McFadden, Havnes $1,000.00 La Fayette, Ga." 203.50 Cedartown, Ga 101.60 Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Avenue Church) 170.00 Atlanta, Ga. (Pryor Street Church) 417.00 Lyerly, Ga. (Walnut Grove Church) 173.00 Lyerlv, Ga. (Rome Church) 100.00 Holland, Ga. (Alpine Church) 1.00 Holland, Ga. (Summerville Church) 25.00 Holland, Ga. (Sardis Chruch) 5.00 Marietta, Ga. (Marietta Church) 70.00 Summerville, Ga. (Bethel Church) 252.50 $2,518.60 The necessity of obtaining this $219,212.06 by the hour speci- fied is absolute. With it the University is founded and without it she is sadly handicapped. No one would be willing for her to suffer the loss of Mr. Inman's cash offer. In the extremity of our great need, which is also our great opportunity, we appeal to all readers of these lines to help us in every- way possible to secure this sum. An ideal way to have your help count heavily is to make a monthly subscription for the period of ten years, and this may be paid in War Savings Stamps, Thrift Stamps, Liberty Bonds or cash, as may be most convenient to you. Our first buildings are already too small and we need others and with them will come the need for more equipment. We need endow- ment also, and this completion of our first million dollars will give you an assured foundation for your University that will guarantee its future success and progress and enable it to do the great work that it so earnestly desires to do for the youth of our country, for the people who have built it, and for the God who has blessed it. Please help us. Fill out the subscription blank below and for- ward at once. OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, Oglethorpe University, Ga. Dear Sirs: As a friend and founder of Oglethorpe University. I hereby promise to send you the sum of $ monthly for ten years as part of the fund necessary to complete the first million dollars of asssets of the University, and thus secure the $25,000.00 cash offered by Mr. S. M. Inman. Name Address