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County and the founders of the first
church and school
in Ohio."
This pageant was so highly appreciated
that those
who presented it were prevailed upon to
repeat it on the
following evening when a capacity
audience again en-
joyed and heartily applauded it.
Nothing so thoroughly arouses and
impresses the
events of local history upon the
general public as the
presentation of that history in the
form of pageants.
This fact has been abundantly
demonstrated by a num-
ber of such pageants that have been
presented in dif-
ferent parts of Ohio within the past
year.
PROFESSOR CLEMENT LUTHER MARTZOLFF
Professor Clement Luther Martzolff, a
life member
of the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society
and for a number of years on the Board
of Trustees,
died at his home in Athens, Ohio,
August 5, 1922. He
was born in Monday Creek Township,
Perry County,
November 25, 1869. He had been in
failing health for
the past five years but continued his
work in Ohio Uni-
versity at Athens until last March when
his illness took
a serious turn. In June he was confined
to his home
where he remained until his death.
Professor Martzolff was throughout his
entire life
a student and a thorough teacher. After
leaving the
schools of his county he attended
Capital University at
Columbus, Ohio, one year in 1892 and
the summer
school sessions at Ohio University in
1896, 1903, 1905
and 1906. He entered the regular term
of that institu-
tion in 1904 and was graduated in 1907
with the de-
gree of Bachelor of Pedagogy. He
received the Mas-
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Ohio Arch. and Hist. Society
Publications
ter's degree in 1910 and that of Doctor
of Literature
from Wittenberg College in 1920. He was
a student at
Harvard in 1904. Professor Martzolff
was an en-
thusiastic and efficient teacher and
for years an institute
instructor. He taught in his native
county from 1889-
1896 and was superintendent of schools
at Buchtel from
1896-1899. In 1899 he was principal of
the Glenford
High School; from 1900-1902 superintendent
of schools
at Junction City, and from 1902-1906 he
held the same
position in New Lexington. After his
graduation he
was professor of history in Ohio
University and was
head of the history department of the
Arts College in
that institution at the time of his
death.
He was a writer of history. A number of
his con-
tributions have appeared in the
QUARTERLY. He wrote
a History of Perry County, History
of Athens County,
Autobiography of Thomas Ewing, Fifty
Stories from
Ohio History, The Story of Ohio and The First
Service Star. He was active in the work of acquiring
Big Bottom Park for the Society.
He was county examiner in Perry County
from
1894-1904. From 1901-1902 he was
chairman of the
Democratic County Executive Committee
of Perry
County and was a delegate to the state
conventions of
1895, 1897 and 1910. He was active in
the temperance
cause and was a Wilson presidential
elector in 1912.
The papers of his native county, of
Athens and southern
Ohio bear uniform testimony to the high
character of
Professor Martzolff's life service as
citizen, student and
teacher.