The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1900-01-26
OHIO STATE
UNIVERSITY.
Stark County Boys Who Are
Students at the Institution.
WHAT THE STATE PROVIDES
For Young Men Who Can obtain Scholar.
ships and How the Institution Is
Conducted In the Interest
or Education.
Special to News-Democrat.

| SClentlllCdlly llnpIONeu lOTHn VI ooO acres,
cultivated and beautified to the highest
degree, within the city limits, and
presenting natural and acquired ad-
vantages almost to the utmost limit,
that in broad sense is the estate and
institution known as the Ohio State
university. But 1t is more than that.
1t is an institution intended to furnish
technical and practical education to the
people of the state, under the most
favorable conditions. The Ohio uni
versity Is a state institution, belonging
to the people; for its site was bequeath-
ed to the state, its buildings were erect
ed by the state, it's professorships are
| endowed by the state, and it is sup
ported by the tax paid by the people of
the state. And so it is right that it's
| advantages should be furnished practi-
| cally free to the youth of the state.
So no tuition is charged, only a nominal
levy being made, which is varied some
what according to circumstances, for
'incidentals." But absolutely free
scholarships are offered in every county
of the state in agriculture, horticulture
domestic science, or veterinary medi-
cine. These scholarships cover the in
cidental fee and all fixed laboratory
fees, and the only exception is nomin-
al gymnasium fee where a student cares
to avail himself Of the gym"
| Under the act of congress passed July
2, 1862, the state of Ohio received from
the United States a large grant of the
public lands for the purpose of estab-
fishing a college where the leading
objects shall be without excluding other
| Cnin nd ole sell ctr NI
including military tactics, to teach such
branches of learning as are related to
agriculture and mechanical arts, in
such manner as the legislatures of the
States may respectively prescribe, in
order to promote the liberal and practi-
cal education of the Industrial classes
in the several pursuits and professions
of life"
| In accordance with the act of the Ohio
university was founded by the state as
public institution of learning. The
| original endowment has been supple
| mented and the objects of the university
promoted by permanent annual grant
| from the United States, under an act of
| 1890, by special appropriations of the
generally assembly; and in 1891, by a
permanent annual grant from the state,
| which grant was doubled by the legis-
| lature of 1896.
In accordance with the spirit of the
law under which it is organized, the
university aims to furnish ample facili-
| ties for education in the liberal and in
| dustrial arts. the sciences and Ian
guages, and for thorough technical and
| professional study of agriculture, en-
| gineering in it's various departments,
| veterinary medicines, pharmacy and
law, through the aid which has been
received from the United States and
from the state it is enabled to offer
privileges to all persons of either sex
who are qualified for admission.
The university grounds consist of
800 acres, 200 acres of which-the
western pOrtion-is devoted to agri-
culeural purposes. The eastern portion
is occupied by the principal university
J buildings, campus, athletic and drill
grounds-a park like meadow, and
strip of primitive forest.
One of the unique features of the
university is it's course in dairying
Practical instruction is given in
pasteurizing and separating milk, but
ter making and cheese making. Forty
to fifty cows are kept on the farm, and
the finest of creamery butter and cheese
are made with the most highly improv-
ed mechanical appliances, and market
ed. Milk is pasteurized, separated and
| part of the skim" taken from it, then
| 1t is bottled and sold to customers
throughout the city. The milk has so
| flne reputation for purity and rich
ness that it sells readily at an advance
| OF TWO cents quart over other milk
on the market. In this department, as
well as in many others connected with
the university, most of the work is
done by students, many of whom con-
trive to support themselves through
out their course of study.
In the horticultural department,
flowers, lettuce, radishes mushrooms,
and other truck" are even at this sea-
son cultivated, in hothouses, for the
market
A very interesting department is that
OF clay working and ceramics. This
university claims to be the first and, at
this time, the only institution in the
United States offering special facilities
for the study of clays, clay working
and the chemical technology of the
ceramic art. There is a small, though
quite complete, outfit for the prepara-
ton OF clays for pottery manufacture
and the production of ware itself of the
various grades from earthenware to
porcelain. There is also small though
up-to-date plant for the manufacture
OF brick, tile and sewer pipe.
In the last catalogue of the Ohio State
university, issued October, 1S99 are
found the names of these students from
Stark county: w. w. Clark, Jr., G..
Laiblen, c. III. Young, Canton; w. H.
Crawford, G. A. Howells, VIM. b..
Morris, and A. C. Schott, Massillon; O..
b. Cassidy II. l., Southworth, and r.
$, Taylor. Alliance; IL. W. Bowden,
Minerva, McCORD