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industry of its people has erected into
a state, which,
though only thirty-fifth in area, has
become among its
sisters of the Union fourth in
population, and in wealth
exceeded only by New York, Pennsylvania
and Illinois.
This text-book is a credit not only to
the authors,
but to the publishers as well. By its
attractive illustra-
tions, its appropriate maps and its
illuminating graphics,
they have produced a work that will
make its study
fascinating. Again, we say, its use in
our schools should
be general.
SCHOENBRUNN ANNIVERSARY
The one hundred and fiftieth
anniversary of the
building of the first schoolhouse and
the first church in
the Ohio country by the Moravian
missionaries at
Schoenbrunn near New Philadelphia,
Ohio, was most
appropriately celebrated August 20-24,
1922. The
celebration was inaugurated by a union
meeting of the
churches of Dover and New Philadelphia
in the Union
Opera House of the latter city Sunday,
August 20. The
address was given by Rev. J. E.
Weinland, pastor of the
Dover Moravian church, and was a most
interesting his-
toric review of the early Moravian
settlements in
Tuscarawas County. The address was
published in full
in the local papers and is a valuable
contribution to the
history of this Ohio country before it
was organized as
territory or state.
On Wednesday evening, August 23, a
meeting was
held in the Union Opera House of New
Philadelphia
under the auspices of the Tuscarawas
County Historical
Society. More than 1200 people were
present. The
chairman of the meeting, Professor Fred
Barthelmeh,
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superintendent of the county schools,
introduced Dr. W.
O. Thompson, President of Ohio State
University, who
delivered a scholarly and inspiring
address on the work
of the Moravian missionaries in the
Muskingum Valley.
"It would be difficult," he
said, "for us in the wildest
flights of imagination to understand
the plights and ex-
periences of the early settlers among
the Indians who
inhabited this valley. Those men and
women who came
here as settlers were men and women who
came out of
love for and a desire to render a
service to others." He
paid high tribute to the unselfish
motives and work of
these pioneers.
There were brief addresses at this
meeting by Secre-
tary C. B. Galbreath and Director
William C. Mills of
the Ohio State Archaeological and
Historical Society.
The series of celebrations reached its
climax on the
evening of August 25 when "The
Story of Schoen-
brunn" was presented as a historic
pageant in the Union
Opera House of New Philadelphia. The
house was
filled to overflowing and nearly 1000
people were unable
to secure admission. The pageant was a
success in
every particular. David Zeisberger, the
leading spirit
among the missionaries, was brilliantly
represented by
Ben W. Cunning, and Rev. John
Heckewelder, the asso-
ciate of Zeisberger, by Rev. Theodore
Reinke. Nearly
fifty other characters were represented
by persons
especially selected for their parts.
The plot included
eight episodes from 1772 to 1778,
"and brought scenes
in early Ohio days to a graphic
realization. Students
of history, local critics of amateur
theatricals and ad-
mirers of dramatic ideals were
enthusiastic in their
declaration that the spectacle was a worthy
and ap-
propriate tribute to the first settlers
of Tuscarawas
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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-