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29. The Black and Magenta, May 24, 1921. See also James F. Allison, "Muskingum--

A Real College," The Muscoljuan, 1923, p. 118.

30. Bulletin of Information for Faculty, Students and Prospective Students, Mus-

kingum College Bulletin, Series XXVII, No. 6 (August 1931), 10.

31. See Minute Books of Muskingum Student Council, 1922-1930, and 1929-1934,

in Muskingum College Library.

32. Hand Book, 24-25.

33. The Black and Magenta, October 26, 1926.

34. See advertisements in ibid., November 1, 1922; October 8, 1924; October 20, 1925.

35. Ibid., October 11, 1922; April 29, 1925.

36. Ibid., March 15, 1927.

37. The discussion of the violations is based partly on the Muskingum College

Administration Committee Minutes, 1920-1937; and General and Executive Faculty

Minutes, 1919-1933, in Muskingum College Library. Also, individuals connected with

the college provided additional information.

38. The Black and Magenta, November 8, 1921.

39. Report of the President to the Board of Trustees of Muskingum College, dated

March 17, 1927. J. Knox Montgomery Papers.

40. The Black and Magenta, January 31, 1928.

41. R. N. Montgomery, "The Problem of Social Regulations," A College Looks at

Its Program, ed. R. W. Ogan and others (New Concord, 1937), 279.

42. Untitled four-page printed leaflet of the Muskingum Student Committee on

Rules and Regulations [1926].

43. Minute Book of Muskingum Student Council, 1922-1930: minutes of October 19,

25; November 8, 9, 1926.

44. The Black and Magenta, March 20, 1928.

45. Minute Book of Muskingum Student Council, 1922-1930: minutes of February

8, 1928.

46. Muskingum College Campus Regulations.

47. J. Knox Montgomery, "Report of the President of Muskingum College," The

United Presbyterian Synod of Ohio: Sixty-Fifth Annual Meeting, September 28th

and 29th, 1926, Steubenville, Ohio (n. p., n. d.), [19].

48. Hand Book, 14, 21.

49. Report of the President to the Board of Trustees of Muskingum College for

1926-1927, dated June 8, 1927. J. Knox Montgomery Papers.

50. Hand Book, 14.

51. J. Knox Montgomery, "The Report of the President of Muskingum College for

the College Year 1927-28," The United Presbyterian Synod of Ohio: Sixty-Seventh

Annual Meeting, September 25th and 26th, 1928, Cambridge, Ohio (n. p., n. d.), [15].

52. Report of the President of Muskingum College to the Board of Trustees for

the Year 1925-1926.

53. Report of the President to the Board of Trustees of Muskingum College for

1926-1927.

54. The Black and Magenta, February 21, 1928.

55. Report of the President to the Board of Trustees of Muskingum College for

1928-1929, dated June 10, 1929. J. Knox Montgomery Papers.

56. The Black and Magenta, November 8, 1921.

57. Student life was examined during the 1920's, for instance, in R. H. Edwards

and others, Undergraduates: A Study of Morale in Twenty-Three American Colleges

and Universities (Garden City, New York, 1928); and Robert Cooley Angell, The

Campus: A Study of Contemporary Undergraduate Life in the American University

(New York, 1928).

 

AN OHIOAN'S LETTER FROM THE

CALIFORNIA GOLD FIELDS IN 1850

 

1. For a discussion of the California gold rush in general and for a perceptive ac-

count of the misleading journalism which was in part responsible for the gold fever

of 1849-50, see Ray Allen Billington, The Far Western Frontier, 1830-1860 (New

York: Harper and Row, 1956), 218-242.

2. The following discussion of Dr. Hines' activities has been culled from his diary

(1851), personal papers, and other memorabilia in the possession of his great-great-great-

grandson, John Eugene Hines of Van Wert. The letter is being printed with Mr. Hines'

permission. Also helpful was the biographical sketch of Dr. Hines appearing in A