... Editorialana Editorialana 283 and calls out 'Let them go' and the superb roan leaders that have been prancing waiting for the word dash off But after all Kirkersville attained to something more than local fame It was in the summer of 1865 just after the end of the Great Rebellion when I was stationed at Watertown arsenal near Boston Colonel Kingsbury our commanding officer was a classmate of General Sherman and when the latter came to Boston he hurried out to the arsenal to see his old cadet ...
... 344 Ohio Arch 344 Ohio Arch and Hist Society Publications Of which we too may but a portion b e In that sum-total solidarity Of human beings spread across the earth In generations birth succeeding birthThe living who raise the citadels we know The dead whose bones earth bosomed long ago And this good company that meets today Proves the large truth of what I've sought to say For why should we whose daily tasks alone So press upon us that we scarcely own The present hour still take on us to gaze ...
... THE CHALLENGE OF THE TIMES TO THE HISTORIAN1 THE CHALLENGE OF THE TIMES TO THE HISTORIAN1 by CARL WITTKE Professor of History and Dean of the Graduate School Western Reserve University The question is frequently asked nowadays Why do historians have so little influence in public affairs and why have men and women who have been especially trained to study and distill conclusions from the long experience of the past so little status as counselors and molders of public opinion in present-day ...
... Dedication of the Hayes Memorial Dedication of the Hayes Memorial 425 instructed in the orderly management of public business All are on their best behavior a fraternal friendship is cultivated virtuous and temperate habits are encouraged and the best of our social instincts are called into play The festive organizations convivial clubs and the like are not safe places of resort for all natures No man can be worse for the associations of Odd Fellowship and their kindred organizations Most men ...
... SONG WRITERS OF OHIO SONG WRITERS OF OHIO BENJAMIN RUSSEL HANBY Author of Darling Nelly Gray C B GALBREATH A plain brick structure of ample size and pleasing proportions rising on firm foundations from a well-kept campus a mute array of sentinel trees guarding the shady silence of the place and leading outward along the avenue in two noble ranks that stretch forth their arms in salutation to the passerby a beautiful stretch of lawn facing the ...
... 55 4 WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING BY C B GALBREATH Since the founding of our government six Presidents of the United States have died in office Three of these were native sons of Ohio and one William Henry Harrison when elected to that high office was and for twenty-six years had been a citizen of this state Three of the six fell at the hands of assassins and two of these Garfield and McKinley were Ohioans The passing of all these was attended with widespread and sincere ...
... A Northern Businessman A Northern Businessman Opposes the Civil War EXCERPTS FROM THE LETTERS OF R G DUN edited by JAMES D NORRIS A number of rather prominent northern businessmen opposed the Civil War and the Lincoln administration for both sound business reasons and personal political commitments Robert Graham Dun's letters to his family and friends in Ohio during the Civil War present an excellent portrait of one such businessman Imbued with a deep-seated hostility toward both Lincoln and ...
... MIAMI UNIVERSITY CALVINISM AND THE ANTIMIAMI UNIVERSITY CALVINISM AND THE ANTISLAVERY MOVEMENT 1 By JAMES H RODABAUGH Miami University is a daughter of the Old Northwest Its origins may be traced to the land grant made by Congress to John Cleves Symmes in 1787 According to the contract among the lands of the Symmes Purchase one township was to be reserved for an academy or college After years of controversy and litigation during which Symmes sold the reserved lands Congress in 1803 granted in ...
... A Rebuttal to Mrs A Rebuttal to Mrs Trollope Harriet Martineau in Cincinnati By WILLIAM R SEAT JR AMERICA WAS ACQUAINTED with Harriet Martineau before she arrived in this country When she landed at New York City in the fall of 1834 she was already a recognized author a writer of authority who was perhaps the most influential woman in England Her recently published Illustrations of Political Economy had demonstrated to Americans that sympathy with the democratic ideal and concern for the ...
... MINUTES OF THE FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETMINUTES OF THE FORTY-SECOND ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM AND LIBRARY BUILDING COLUMBUS OHIO SATURDAY OCTOBER 8 1927 FORENOON SESSION 1000 A M The meeting was called to order by Secretary C B Galbreath There were present Dr B F Prince Arthur C Johnson Dr W O Thompson Gen Edward Orton Jr George F Bareis Dr Frank C Furniss C B Galbreath Mrs C B Galbreath Mrs Orson D Dryer Edwin F Wood Joseph C Goodman Fred J ...
... ADAM HURDUS AND THE SWEDENBORGIANS IN ADAM HURDUS AND THE SWEDENBORGIANS IN EARLY CINCINNATI By Ophia D Smith Many volumes have been written about the hardships and accomplishments of pioneer preachers in the Western Country Most of these however deal with men of orthodox faith The Swedenborgians equally self-sacrificing but unorthodox and misunderstood have received little attention because they were few in number Yet they were people of influence--they were readers and thinkers and doers In ...
... Index Index COMPILED BY LAURA RUSSELL AAISW See Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers Akron Beacon Journal 33 Akron OH 6-36 illustrations 7 Akron Times Press 23 Allegheny Allegeny Mountain 102-03 129 141 Allegheny Allegeny River 140 Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers AAISW 37-51 Amalgamated Clothing Workers 25 American Antiquarian Society 58-59 66 American Antiquarian Society Transactions 58 American Ceramics Before 1930 A Bibliography compiled by Ruth Irwin Weidner ...
... JEFFREY P JEFFREY P BROWN Samuel Huntington A Connecticut Aristocrat on the Ohio Frontier Samuel Huntington Jr was one of the many ambitious Americans who went west in the early nineteenth century hoping to improve their station in life Although most western pioneers were humble yeoman farmers a significant number of well-to-do citizens also emigrated to the frontier in search of their fortunes Huntington typified this latter group Born to one of Connecticut's most prominent families he moved ...
... SALMON PORTLAND CHASE SALMON PORTLAND CHASE UNDERGRADUATE AND PEDAGOGUE BY ARTHUR MEIER SCHLESINGER OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Salmon Portland Chase was a significant member of that group of political radicals who plunged the nation into civil convulsions by their accession to governmental power in the late '5o's Much has been written of Chase the anti-slavery lawyer the organizer of the Liberty party the war financier the chief justice but of Chase the youth the college student the school teacher ...
... SALMON PORTLAND CHASE SALMON PORTLAND CHASE UNDERGRADUATE AND PEDAGOGUE BY ARTHUR MEIER SCHLESINGER OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Salmon Portland Chase was a significant member of that group of political radicals who plunged the nation into civil convulsions by their accession to governmental power in the late '5o's Much has been written of Chase the anti-slavery lawyer the organizer of the Liberty party the war financier the chief justice but of Chase the youth the college student the school teacher ...
... GOOD WILL IN FIELDS OF PEACE GOOD WILL IN FIELDS OF PEACE By Louis BLAKE DUFF We hear in these September days the clock of destiny click the clock of your destiny the clock of Canadian destiny the clock of world destiny A momentous month draws to a close In it your role and ours has been changed By one stroke there has been made a new relationship and may no evil fate ever disturb it There sprang up overnight almost a new doctrine that the defense of the North American continent is one single ...
... Annual Meeting Ohio Valley Historical Association Annual Meeting Ohio Valley Historical Association 415 may be mentioned Hugh Henry Brackenridge the author of a satirical romance entitled Modern Chivalry in which he sarcastically depicts the political conditions of his time The Pittsburgh Gazette the first newspaper printed west of the Alleghany mountains contains in its early columns a number of contributions from the pen of this versatile son of Princeton who had been a classmate of James ...
... A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF MOUND OPENING A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF MOUND OPENING Done During the Months of July and August 1888 by Warren K Moorehead and Clinton Cowen IT occurred to me a number of times last year to spend the summer in opening mounds I had done considerable of this work in several counties of our State but had never spent more than one continuous week in the field When the Cincinnati Centennial Exposition opened in July and I was free from my duties having been actively engaged in ...
... BOOK REVIEWS BOOK REVIEWS Anthony Wayne Trouble Shooter of the American Revolution By Harry Emerson Wildes New York Harcourt Brace and Co 1941 514 p Illus and maps 375 This volume is a biography written by one who knows intimately the Pennsylvania background of the famous Revolutionary hero The author was born in the neighboring state of Delaware holds a degree from the University of Pennsylvania and has served as literary editor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger He moreover has lived for many ...
... JUDGE JAMES HALL JUDGE JAMES HALL A Literary Pioneer of the Middle West DAVIS L JAMES In the preparation of this sketch acknowledgment should be made of the writer's indebtedness to the Beginnings of Literary Culture in the Ohio Valley by our fellow member Dr W H Venable This volume published in 1891 is of the greatest importance and value to the student of early literary history and an indispensable book of reference It is a matter for much regret that it is out of print and only to be found ...