Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1820 General Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church recommends that Annual Conferences erect "literary institutions"

1840-1849 1841 Rev. Adam Poe suggests that citizens of Delaware purchase Mansion House Hotel (owned by Judge Thomas W. Powell) and offer it to the Ohio and North Ohio Methodist Episcopal conferences for use as a Methodist college; he leads city wide subscription gathering effort to purchase Mansion House; 172 subscriptions, amounting to $9,000 collected from citizens of Delaware. 8 1841 Delegation of Delaware citizens attends North Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference in Wooster, and Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference in Urbana with proposal to purchase Mansion House for use as a Methodist Episcopal college 8 26 1841 Dr. Charles Elliott, Rev. William P. Strickland, and Rev. Joseph M. Trimble sent as an Ohio Conference scouting committee to evaluate Mansion House as potential Methodist Episcopal college 8 27 1841 Dr. Charles Elliott gives impassioned endorsement of proposal to establish a Methodist Episcopal college in Delaware to Ohio Conference 9 1 1841 Joint Conference Committee (North Ohio & Ohio Methodist Episcopal) meets and votes to accept Mansion House property as location for Methodist Episcopal college 11 17 1841 Joint Conference Committee (North Ohio & Ohio Methodist Episcopal) meets and receives from Thomas W. Powell a bond for the conveyance of property from citizens of Delaware (10 acres) 1841 Joint Conference Committee (North Ohio & Ohio Methodist Episcopal) immediately hires Captain James D. Cobb as instructor of Preparatory School for term 1841-42; preparatory classes begin in Mansion House 1841 Joint Conference Committee (North Ohio & Ohio Methodist Episcopal) purchases 5 extra acres to south of Mansion House for $5,500 and spends $2,000 to buy Mansion House furniture 3 7 1842 Charter granting university powers granted by State Legislature to 21 corporators (14 lay, 7 clergy) ; Founder's Day. 10 1 1842 Board of Trustees holds first meeting at Hamilton, where Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference being held; elect Rev. Edward Thomson as President, appoint Rev. Solomon Howard as principal of Preparatory School. 9 25 1844 OWU Board of Trustees organizes faculty and resolves to begin collegiate program; Dr. Edward Thomson appointed President; Rev. Herman M. Johnson appointed Professor of Ancient Languages; Rev. Solomon Howard appointed Professor of Mathematics; William G. Williams appointed Principal of Preparatory Department; Enoch Dial appointed Assistant in Preparatory Department 11 12 1844 First faculty meeting 11 13 1844 Opening day of college; by-laws for government of OWU adopted 1845 First men's literary society forms at OWU -- Zetagathean Society 8 5 1846 President Edward Thomson gives inaugural address at William Street Methodist Episcopal Church 12 22 1846 Small accidental fire in Elliott Hall (new name for Mansion House Hotel) 1846 Allen Missionary Lyceum (forerunner of Y.M.C.A.) forms 1846 Chrestomathean Literary Society forms 1846 First OWU commencement held at William Street Methodist Episcopal Church; William D. Godman is first graduate 8 4 1847 Commencement for second OWU graduate, Robert White McFarland, held at William Street Methodist Episcopal Church 1847 University Convocation begins 1848 Boarding house annexed to Elliot Hall (Mansion House) discontinued Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 9 24 1849 Faculty suggest idea of "cheap scholarships"; OWU Board of Trustees holds special session in Dayton where Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference being held to consider the idea; with approval of the Conference, Board adopts the plan 1849 All indebtedness of initial purchase of college paid ($7,000) 1849 OWU Association of Alumni is formed 1849 Scientific course added to curriculum (2 year certificate program "junior college model"; Classical course is a 4 year program ending in A.B. degree)

1850-1859 7 26 1851 Cornerstone laid for Thomson Chapel during commencement week 1851 Athenian Literary Society forms (men's) 4 1853 Ohio Wesleyan Female College (OWFC) is founded under auspices of North Ohio Methodist Episcopal Conference 9 8 1853 Ohio Wesleyan Female College (OWFC) opens for first term under President Oran Faville 1853 Beta Theta Pi fraternity established -- first Greek letter fraternity on campus 6 7 1853 Thomson Chapel dedicated; named in honor of first OWU president, Edward Thomson 1853 William Sturges offers $7,000 for purchase of library books if $15,000 can be raised to erect a new library building 1855 Sigma Chi Fraternity established 10 11 1855 Sturges Hall dedicated; houses library and literary societies 1856 President Edward Thomson travels to Europe to purchase 3,000 books for new Sturges Library 1856 Rev. Park S. Donelson becomes president of Ohio Wesleyan Female College 4 4 1857 Ohio Wesleyan Female College student, Mary Monnett, signs statement agreeing to donate $10,000 for a college building if matching amount can be collected from Delaware citizens 1857 First women's literary society founded at Ohio Wesleyan Female College (OWFC) -- Clionian 1858 South wing of Monnett Hall built (first section to be built) 1859 OWU purchases Cabinet of Natural History from Dr. William Prescott of New Hampshire

1860-1869 1860 Rev. Frederick Merrick becomes president of OWU 1860 Phi Delta Theta fraternity forms 1861 Athenaeum Literary Society forms at Ohio Wesleyan Female College (OWFC) 1861 Phi Kappa Psi fraternity forms 1862 300 OWU students and several faculty leave OWU to serve in Civil War (1862-1865) 1863 Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity chartered at OWU 1864 Kappa Phi Lambda fraternity forms 1864 Marshall Clason, OWU student and founder of Sigma Chi fraternity, is killed while leading his Civil War company in a charge at Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia. 4 10 1865 OWU president Frederick Merrick posts notice about end of Civil War on front door of Thomson Chapel 1865 Amos Dolbear develops telephone receiver in OWU physics lab 11 1866 Student strike at OWU Ohio Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1866 Centennial of American Methodism brings in funds to OWU; endowment increases by $200,000; improvements made to buildings 1866 Central portion and north wing of OWFC's Monnett Hall completed 1866 Delta Tau Delta fraternity forms at OWU 1866 Meleterian Literary Society founded at OWU for Preparatory men 1867 First OWU newspaper published -- Western Collegian -- first editor was Joseph B. Battelle, class of 1868 (actually called American Student at first) 1867 First yearbook published at OWU -- called College Record aka Souvenir 1867 Hole in the Wall (retaining wall) built in town 1867 Rev. Joseph Creighton "fixes" the "dry" Sulphur Spring by throwing in a bucket of sawdust; establishes arboretum on OWU campus 1868 Groundbreaking for "Science Hall" (Merrick Hall) 1869 Due to new state law, OWU president becomes ex-officio member of Board of Trustees; 20 remaining members divided into 4 classes of 5 from each Ohio Methodist Episcopal conference and trustee tenureship is reduced to five years 1869 Phi Gamma Delta fraternity forms 1869 The Chain is published as an independent newspaper

1870-1879 1870 $500 raised privately by subscription to improve the Sulphur Spring; appropriation of $1,000 added by city of Delaware 1870 Fire in south wing of Monnett Hall, Ohio Wesleyan Female College (OWFC), damages roof and 4th floor 1870 Fraternities banned from OWU campus by Board of Trustees 1870 Ingham Lectures held at OWU (10 lectures on "Evidences of Natural & Revealed Religion") 3 22 1870 Ex-president Edward Thomson dies; buried at Oak Grove Cemetery 1871 OWU charter altered, giving Association of Alumni representatives on the Board of Trustees equal standing as those from the Methodist Episcopal conferences 1872 Fraternities reinstated at OWU 1872 OWU campus grading and landscaping done by John R. Wright of Cincinnati and Phineas Mast of Springfield; town of Delaware dredges the Run; Sulphur Spring basin improved 1872 President Frederick Merrick resigns presidency of OWU on day fraternities reinstated 6 25 1873 Resolution at OWU Alumni Association meeting by C.A. Van Anda, John W. White, Leroy Belt, and Wesley G. Waters -- the time for union of OWU and Ohio Wesleyan Female College (OWFC) has come 1873 Chi Phi fraternity forms 1873 Collegian becomes joint OWU-OWFC newspaper 1873 Merrick Science Hall is completed and dedicated 1873 Philomathean Literary Society organized for Preparatory men 1873 Professor Lorenzo Dow McCabe serves as acting president of OWU 1873 William Richardson becomes president of Ohio Wesleyan Female College (OWFC) 1874 OWU newspaper changes name to College Transcript 6 1875 OWU trustees go on record against union of OWU and OWFC Ohio Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1875 OWU School of Music founded 1875 OWU students organize first football team; faculty objects; football discontinued as competitive sport for 15 years 6 27 1876 Trustees of Ohio Wesleyan Female College (OWFC) propose to OWU trustees that united action on unification be presented to Methodist Episcopal conferences 1876 Charles Payne becomes president of OWU; inaugurated June 29, 1876 1876 Marching band makes brief debut at OWU 1876 OWU yearbook with name Le Bijou (Jewel) first published 6 1877 Union of OWU & Ohio Wesleyan Female College (OWFC) -- final action by Board of Trustees 1877 Three female instructors from Ohio Wesleyan Female College (OWFC) become first female faculty members of OWU 1878 School of Music and School of Fine Arts are added at OWU, following merger with Ohio Wesleyan Female College (OWFC) 1879 Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority chapter forms 1879 Y.M.C.A. organized on OWU campus

1880-1889 1880 First sororities chartered at OWU -- Kappa Kappa Gamma & Kappa Alpha Theta 1880 Mrs. Rutherford B. Hayes is made member of Kappa Kappa Gamma while visiting OWU 1880 OWU Oratorical Association founded 1881 Kappa Alpha Theta chapter founded at OWU (Alpha Chi Delta) 1881 Military drill introduced on OWU campus; "battalion" formed 1881 Sororities abolished at OWU by faculty ruling -- "Secret societies among young women are in no case allowed" 1882 OWU participates in state oratorical association contest held at Delaware's City Opera House; OWU student Charles E. Jefferson wins 1883 West Virginia Methodist Episcopal Conference admitted as one of patronizing bodies of OWU with equal representation on the Board of Trustees 2 1884 Edict by OWU Faculty -- No theater attendance allowed 1884 Euterpean Musical Union (mixed male/female choir) forms 1884 First mock presidential nominating convention held 1884 Merrick Lectures established by ex-president Frederick Merrick, who transfers his entire estate to OWU Board of Trustees as endowment for series 1884 School of Business established within OWU as a private school 10 29 1885 Frederick Warde performs in Shakespeare's Richard III at Delaware City Opera House; 63 OWU students attend; several students are "separated from the university" as a result 1885 Ellen R. Martin is first woman to become full professor on OWU faculty 1885 OWU president's house built on lot given by Mr. Mast 1886 Amphictyonian Literary Society forms (men's) 1887 Alpha Tau Omega fraternity forms 1887 Calagonian Literary Society forms (for preparatory men) 1887 Practical Student, alternative OWU student newspaper, begins publication Ohio Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1888 David S. Gray pledges $10,000 towards building of University Hall/Gray Chapel 1888 Fairbanks Gymnasium built for military drill & athletics 1888 Lorenzo Dow McCabe serves as acting OWU president 1888 Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity forms 1889 Castalian Literary Society (women) forms 1889 David S. Gray reminds Board about his offer of $10,000 towards building of University Hall/Gray Chapel; $16,300 raised on the spot. 1889 First OWU Washington's Birthday celebration begins with Military Promenade Concert in Thomson Chapel 1889 Rev. James Bashford becomes president of OWU; inaugurated June 27, 1889 1889 University Lyceum Literary Society forms at OWU for Preparatory men 1889 Y.W.C.A. (Young Women's Christian Association) established at OWU

1890-1899 5 10 1890 First intercollegiate football game in state of Ohio played at OWU; OSU beats OWU 14 to 10 1890 Brick L-shaped addition added to Monnett Hall, doubling building in size 1890 Cardinal & black chosen as OWU colors (previous colors were pearl and gold) 1890 Ohio Wesleyan Athletic Association forms at OWU 1890 OWU military training program (Department of Military Science & Tactics) begins under direction of Lieutenant B.W. Leavell 1890 OWU starts process of moving Elliott Hall to make room for University Hall/Gray Chapel 6 18 1891 Cornerstone laid for University Hall/Gray Chapel 1891 Elliott Hall moved from its Doric front position on Sandusky Street to new location behind Slocum Library, in order to make room for University Hall/Gray Chapel 6 20 1893 Gov. William McKinley delivers the Rutherford B. Hayes memorial address in Gray Chapel 6 21 1893 OWU's University Hall/Gray Chapel dedicated; $44,000 raised to pay off debt 1893 First Gray Chapel organ installed; Roosevelt organ is gift of Anna Sanborn Clason and Mrs. V.T. Hills 1893 OWU's President Bashford persuades Robert Fulton to move his School of Oratory from Kansas City to OWU 3 5 1894 Ex-president Frederick Merrick dies 6 1894 16 OWU students, members of Company K, serve as soldiers in miner's strike in eastern Ohio 1894 Coach George Dygert introduces "scientific football" at OWU 1894 OWU School of Oratory separately incorporated 6 1894 OWU Jubilee (50th Anniversary, 1844-1894) is celebrated for six days; celebration in Gray Chapel on June 18, 1894 1894 Practical Student, alternative OWU newspaper, ends publication 1895 Adarian Literary Society forms at OWU (women's) 1895 Dr. Charles E. Slocum of Defiance Ohio offers to pay for a new library on OWU campus; Thomson Chapel is razed to make way for new structure 1895 Fifty Years of History of the Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware Ohio, 1844-1894 is published; edited by Professor E.T. Nelson 1895 School of Business reorganized Ohio Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1896 Monnett Weekend begins as women's athletic festival/play day 1896 OWU begins to direct College of Physician & Surgeons in Cleveland 1896 Student Observatory built 1897 Merger of Philomathean & Calagonian Literary Societies (Preparatory men) to form Cala-Philo Literary Society 1897 OWU participates in organization of Ohio Intercollegiate Debating League 1898 Slocum Library built on location of razed Thomson Chapel 1898 OWU trustees Rev. Aaron J. Lyons and Abbie A. Ingham Parrish purchase Campbell Home (Lyon Art Hall, now Arts Castle) for $5,000 and give it to the University 1899 Symphony orchestra begins at OWU

1900-1909 1901 Linda Gray Porch built on Monnett Hall 1902 College Transcript, OWU student newspaper, renamed Ohio Wesleyan Transcript 1902 Legal battle over OWU students' right to vote in Delaware 1902 OWU joins Ohio Athletic Conference with Professor Edward Rice as secretary 1902 Violet Day celebrated at OWU (first crowning of a queen, evolved from women's athletic festival, became Monnett Weekend) 1903 Fire destroys roof of Elliott Hall 1905 First Shakespeare play performed on OWU campus -- As you Like It -- in Glen where Stuyvesant Hall now stands 1905 Engineering Annex built at rear of Elliott Hall 1905 Rev. Herbert Welch becomes OWU president; inaugurated June 22, 1905 1906 Branch Rickey serves as Director of Athletics 2 22 1906 Edwards Gymnasium dedicated 1906 Student government begins at OWU with constitution and student senate of 16 1907 Phi Beta Kappa chapter installed on campus 1908 Campus Gate ("Nicotine Gate") built as gift of Class of 1909 1908 The Bauble, humor newspaper, begins publication 1909 Ohio Wesleyan Cosmopolitan Club organized 1909 Ohio Wesleyan Social Service League organized 1909 Ohio Wesleyan Union formed 1909 Sanborn Music Hall built

1910-1919 1910 School of Medicine transferred from OWU to Western Reserve University 1911 Honor Court begins 1912 Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity forms 1912 Faculty Appointments Committee forms 1912 Female students vote to abolish sororities (which had been secret locals for years) 1912 Histrionic Club organized Ohio Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1912 School of Business ceases 3 26 1913 OWU students dismissed from class in the aftermath of the Delaware Flood to assist with rescue and cleanup 1913 Greek dropped as a requirement 1913 OWU trustees confirm vote of female students at OWU by making sororities illegal on campus 1914 Military drill abandoned; Federal government withdraws its officer 1914 Women's Student Government Association (W.S.G.A.) established 1915 Idol, humor magazine, published at OWU 1915 S. Raymond Thornburg appointed first full time alumni secretary 1916 Final year of OWU "Academy" (preparatory department) 1916 First Fall Homecoming 1916 Rev. John Washington Hoffman becomes president of OWU; welcoming ceremony September 14, 1916 1916 Sigma Phi Epsilon established 5 8 1917 147th Field Hospital founded; made up of OWU students; daily drills and lectures on Edwards Field July 15-September 9th, 1917 1917 50% of OWU male students leave OWU to serve in WWI 1917 Alumni Quarterly first published, established by S. Raymond Thornburg 10 1 1918 400 men inducted into Student Army Training Corps (SATC) in front of Gray Chapel 1918 Odovene Odor, humor magazine, begins publication 1919 Majors and minors added

1920-1929 1920 "W" Clan organized -- student group of Varsity Letter Men, comparable to "W" Association of alumni 1920 Ohio Wesleyan Commons (non-fraternity living) at 8 1/2 N. Sandusky 1920 The Mirror, literary magazine, begins publication 1921 George E. Gauthier becomes Director of Athletics 1921 Men's Glee Club travels to Panama 1921 Ten year $8 million development program begins 1922 Board of Trustees allows sororities to return to OWU campus, but women must live in the dormitories; rescind 1913 abolishment of sororities 1922 Sulphur Spring dries up 1923 Alpha Delta Pi, Theta Upsilon, Gamma Phi Beta sorority chapters established 1923 Austin Hall residence for women is completed; number of freshmen cottages at OWU is reduced 1923 erected 1923 Under editorship of Herman M. Shipps, Alumni Quarterly becomes Ohio Wesleyan Magazine 1924 Alpha Gamma Delta, Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Gamma, Alpha Xi Delta, Delta Zeta, Kappa Alpha Theta, Phi Mu, and Zeta Tau Alpha sorority chapters established at OWU 1924 Methodist Episcopal Church lifts ban on amusements; dancing allowed on OWU campus 1925 Brotherhood of Wesleyan Men organized (non-fraternity living) at OWU Ohio Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1925 Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Pi Beta Phi, Sigma Kappa, Alpha Delta Theta, and Chi Omega sorority chapters established 1925 Official name for OWU teams changed from "The Methodists" to "Battling Bishops" following a "naming" contest 1925 Professor Edward Rice selected by Clarence Darrow to testify as an expert in Scopes trial; never called to testify 1925 Singer's Club forms 1926 "Annual fund" begins -- program of yearly giving in support of general operating fund 1926 Kappa Delta, and Phi Sigma Delta sororities established 1926 Kappa Sigma fraternity established 1926 OWU leaves Ohio Athletic Conference and joins Buckeye Athletic Conference 1927 Associated Monnett Clubs organized 1927 Mr. & Mrs. E.E. Edgar give $143,000 to OWU to buy the former Delaware Garment Factory (now known as Edgar Hall) for the college 1927 Men's Glee Club tours Europe, performing for Prince of Wales, Prince George, and Prime Minister Baldwin 1928 First Orchesis dance troupe forms 1928 OWU football team beats in Ann Arbor, 17-7; biggest win in OWU football history 6 11 1928 Edgar Hall dedicated as OWU building (former Delaware Garment Factory) 1928 Rev. Edmund Davison Soper becomes president of OWU; inaugurated Feb 15, 1929 1929 Cooperative housing instituted at OWU to help financially strapped students (as an alternative to dorms) -- West Cottage, Perkins House, Hartupee House, Campus Lodge 1929 School of Music and School of Fine Arts become music department and fine arts department at OWU 1929 Selby Stadium built and dedicated (covered over the Odovene Sulphur Spring)

1930-1939 1930 Delaware Opera House renovated into OWU theater, in conjunction with city of Delaware 1930 The Mirror, OWU literary magazine, is succeeded by The OWL (Ohio Wesleyan Literary Magazine) 6 7 1930 Ground breaking ceremony for Stuyvesant Hall, women's dormitory 1931 Honor Court abolished 6 7 1931 Stuyvesant Hall, women's dormitory, dedicated 9 1931 Stuyvesant Hall, women's dormitory, first occupied by OWU women 1931 Tau Kappa Epsilon installed at OWU 1935 Babbling Bishop, humor magazine, begins publication 1935 Religion professor, Benjamin McElroy, helps Monnett Clubs replace trees and shrubs on OWU campus (2nd OWU campus planting) 1935 Required chapel attendance at OWU reduced from 5 times per week to 3 times per week 1935 Sulphur Spray published at OWU (1935-40, 1951-1953) 1938 Dr. Edward Rice serves as acting OWU president 1939 Rev. Herbert John Burgstahler becomes OWU president; inaugurated October 20, 1939

1940-1949 Ohio Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1940 Orchesis dance troupe ceases at OWU 1941 Centennial Committee formed to celebrate OWU 100th -- consists of administrators, faculty, alumni, students, and citizens of Delaware 3 3 1942 "National Study Conference on the Churches and a Just and Durable Peace" held at OWU March 3-5, 1942, under auspices of Federal Council of Churches 1942 $1 million "Centennial fund" campaign begins at OWU with William F. Bigelow as Centennial fund chairman 1942 First OWU commencement held at Selby Stadium location 1942 Henry Hubbart's First Hundred Years is published for OWU Centennial celebration 1942 OWU celebrates 100th birthday 1942 OWU professors offer defense courses for Delaware citizens 1943 "Vetville" established at OWU; temporary government housing built to house families of soldiers coming back to school after WWII; located off Euclid Ave. 1943 Navy V-12 program -- OWU chosen as Navy Training School, July 1943 -- 360 apprentice seamen housed in fraternity houses and take active part in academic and social life at OWU 1943 Navy V-5 program -- President Burgstahler contracts with Navy to establish pilot preparatory school at OWU; 600 cadets housed in Stuyvesant; freshmen women transferred to Austin Hall; pilots remain apart and take separate classes 1943 Quons-Hut Theatre built 1944 "Centennial Curriculum" developed at OWU, guided by new Statement of Aims 1946 Buckeye Athletic Conference is disbanded; OWU rejoins Ohio Athletic Conference 1946 Work begins on Temporary Student Union building 1946 OWU begins holding summer school session 1947 Ben A. Arneson Institute of Practical Politics established 2 1947 Temporary Student Union (TUB) opens on S. Sandusky Street (later OWU Bookstore, now Stewart Annex) 1947 Clarence E. Ficken serves as interim OWU president 1947 Golden Key begins as way to recognize older OWU alumni 1948 Arthur Sherwood Flemming (OWU Class of 1927) becomes president of OWU; first lay president; inaugurated June 11, 1949 1949 Former President Herbert Hoover speaks at inauguration of OWU president Arthur Flemming 1949 OWU football team beats University of Connecticut at , 43-12, one of the biggest wins in OWU football history

1950-1959 1950 Orchesis dance troupe re-established 1950 OWU students leave to fight in Korean War (1950-53) 1951 FM radio station WSLN begins operation on OWU campus (approved by FTC in February of 1952) 1951 Memorial Union Building (MUB), student center, dedicated Oct 12, 1951 1951 Ohio Wesleyan Associates founded by Herman Shipps 1954 Nine fraternity houses built on Williams Campus 1954-1963 1954 Pfeiffer Natatorium built 9 1954 Thomson Hall, men's dormitory, (initially called Residence Hall #1), opens; beginning of "Williams Campus" Ohio Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1955 OWU faculty & trustees add "Statement on Intellectual Freedom and Responsibility" to Statement of Aims 1955 Robert Strimer becomes Director of Athletics 1955 Writing Clinic established 9 1956 Bashford Hall, men's dormitory, (initially called Residence Hall #2), opens 1956 Campus mace & seal created 4 19 1958 New OWU alma mater adopted -- derived from prize winning song of 1913 -- "Wesleyan Victory Song" 1958 Air Force Reserve Officer Training program begins on OWU campus 1958 Chapel requirements reduced for OWU students -- must attend 2 of 3 weekly chapel services 1958 George W. Burns serves as interim OWU president 6 7 1958 Kathryn Sisson Phillips Hall dedicated 1959 David Alexander Lockmiller becomes president of OWU; inaugurated October 30, 1959

1960-1969 1960 Director of Religious Life becomes full time OWU Chaplain 1960 Mills Early Childhood Center built 1960 President's home, "Pritchard House," erected on Oak Hill Avenue 1960 SATC & TUB (Temporary Student Union) becomes OWU bookstore 1961 Ohio Wesleyan Athletic Hall of Fame created to recognize outstanding alumni in the world of sports 10 20 1962 Bigelow-Rice Science Hall dedicated 1962 Elden Theodore Smith (OWU Class of 1932) becomes president of OWU; inaugurated Oct 18, 1962 1963 "Limited Course Plan" instituted with new Statement of Aims 1963 First computer installed on campus 1963 Lucy Webb Hayes Hall (dormitory for women) opens; dedicated May 9, 1964 1963 President Herbert Welch Meritorious Teaching Award established at OWU 1963 Roy Rike Stadium and Fields completed at OWU 11 9 1963 Welch Hall (dormitory for men) dedicated 4 19 1964 OWU College Bowl team retires undefeated after 5 victories on television quiz show 1964 O'Neal Greenhouse completed on campus 1964 Sherwood Dodge Shankland Award for the Encouragement of Teachers established 9 20 1965 Chapel attendance no longer required for OWU students -- President Smith announces decision by Board of Trustees to end compulsory chapel 10 21 1966 L.A. Beeghly Library dedicated 1966 OWU begins serving high school students in federally funded Upward Bound program 1966 Student Scholar begins publication on OWU campus 1967 Fairbanks Gymnasium torn down 1967 OWU Mixed Choir tours Europe 1968 Crowning of Monnett queen ceases 1968 Monnett Hall (women's dormitory) no longer used as a dormitory due to safety concerns 1968 OWU acquires former Post Office on at 60 S. Sandusky Street Ohio Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1968 Robert Lisensky serves as OWU interim president 1968 Smith Hall (dormitory) built on campus 1968 SUBA (Student Union on Black Awareness) created on campus 1969 Fine Arts department moves from Lyon Art Hall to Humphreys Art Hall [former Post Office] at 60 S. Sandusky Street 6 7 1969 New Science Hall dedicated 1969 Thomas Eugene Wenzlau (OWU Class of 1950) becomes OWU president; inaugurated November 14, 1969 1969 Wesleyan Council on Student Affairs (WCSA) is formed; 3 students elected to serve on OWU Board of Trustees

1970-1979 1971 OWU plays in its first football bowl game, the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl Game -- Samford University vs. OWU -- score is 10-10; win eventually goes to OWU because Samford had used illegal players 10 21 1972 Chappelear Drama Center dedicated 1972 Student newspaper Ohio Wesleyan Transcript is renamed 1972 Service Building completed 1974 OWU calendar changes to 3 terms lasting 10.5 weeks each 1975 Riverside School of Nursing begins at OWU 10 23 1976 Branch Rickey Physical Education Center dedicated 1976 CAP Center (Counseling, Advising, and Placement) forms 1976 Computers placed in dormitories 1977 Richard Gordon becomes Director of Athletics 1978 Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra established (COSO), comprised of OWU students and Delaware citizens 1978 Monnett Hall (women's dormitory) is torn down after sitting vacant for a decade 1979 New Statement of Aims at OWU, focusing on values, not religion 1979 Writing Clinic becomes Writing Resource Center

1980-1989 1980 Gray Chapel is remodeled and Rexford Keller Klais Concert Organ is installed 1980 OWU establishes Achievement Citation for Alumni 1980 Sanborn Music Hall is remodeled and Presser Rehearsal Hall built 1981 Fallfest launched, as a merger of fall parents' weekend and Homecoming 1982 Elliott Hall placed on the National Register of Historic Buildings 1982 Mary Parker, Assistant Director of Athletics at OWU, forms Centennial Athletic Conference for women's teams 1982 XIVth Decade Capital Campaign ends with $33.6 million pledged 9 29 1984 David Liles Warren becomes OWU president; begins presidency by living for 90 days with students in residence halls, called the "Live-In Presidency"; inaugurated September 29, 1984 1984 Austin Hall (dormitory for women) closes as a residence hall 1984 Center for Economics & Business established at OWU 1984 National Colloquium begins at OWU 1984 OWU switches to a semester calendar Ohio Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1984 OWU withdraws from Ohio Athletic Conference and joins North Coast Athletic Conference 1984 President's Ball begins as OWU tradition 1985 Ezra Vogel, Delaware native, OWU Class of 1950, establishes and endows lecture series to promote Delaware history 1985 John A. Martin becomes Director of Athletics 5 17 1986 Frances E. Mowry Memorial Alumni Center dedicated 1986 Merrick Hall no longer used 1987 Five year $50 million Campaign for OWU begins 1987 President David Warren is named Citizen of the Year by the Delaware Chamber of Commerce 1988 Austin Hall is renovated into apartments for intergenerational living, to be called Austin Manor 1988 Men's basketball team wins NCAA Division III National Championship; received by President Reagan in Oval Office 1988 OWU junior Thomas Schultz is killed by terrorist bomb on Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland 1989 250 new trees planted on campus, and other trees labeled -- known as Jane Decker Memorial Arboretum (3rd OWU planting) 1989 Ohio Wesleyan University is named Citizen of the Year by the Delaware Chamber of Commerce 1989 WCSA constitution revised at OWU 1989 Welch Hall (residence) is renovated

1990-1999 1990 Elliott Hall restored with gift from Peter & Eleanor Kleist 1990 Tower Society established to recognize those who include OWU in their estate plans 1990 OWU receives NCAC (North Coast Atlantic Conference) All-Sports Championship Trophy 9 6 1991 Hamilton-Williams Campus Center dedicated 1991 150 Years of Excellence: A Pictorial View of Ohio Wesleyan University, by Barbara Mitchell Tull, is published 1991 Board of Trustees votes to phase out OWU's Riverside School of Nursing over four year period, ending with 1994-95 academic year 1991 First Branch Rickey Award given to Arthur Ashe 1991 Noble Achievements: The History of Ohio Wesleyan From 1942 to 1992, edited by Professor Bernard Murchland, is published 1992 End of Campaign for OWU 1992 OWU funded by Corporation for National Service (Americorps) to develop Delaware Initiative (at risk children) 1992 OWU Sesquicentennial Celebration -- 150th celebration held on campus April 22, 1992 1993 Jason Swallen Herbarium dedicated at OWU 1993 OWU receives NCAC All-Sports Championship Trophy 1994 James A. Young Memorial Walkway (JAYwalk) opens at OWU 1994 OWU receives NCAC All-Sports Championship Trophy 1 27 1995 Dr. Thomas B. Courtice becomes president of OWU; inaugurated January 27, 1995 1995 Delaware native, Sherwood Rowland, OWU Class of 1948, receives Nobel Prize in Chemistry 4 1996 Ceiling of Gray Chapel damaged by water leak 10 19 1996 New Science Hall renamed Stewart Hall and rededicated Ohio Wesleyan University Timeline 1820-2009

M D Y EVENT 1998 Dedication of new University Hall/Gray Chapel roof following "Raise the Roof Campaign" 1998 Men's soccer team wins NCAA Division III National Championship, beating Greensboro, NC at 1999 Renovated Roy Rike Field is dedicated during Homecoming

2000-2009 8 8 2000 R.W. Corns building dedicated (renovated Memorial Union Building) 10 6 2000 Wellness Center (Mary Hanlon Moore Health Center & Arthur A. Belt Fitness Center) dedicated 2000 OWU students, staff, alumni, and Delaware citizens join together to build Habitat for Humanity house on Park Avenue 2000 President Courtice travels to Japan to sign sister college agreement with Kwassui Woman's College 9 11 2001 Three OWU graduates killed in September 11, 2001 Trade Center terrorist attacks -- Ann Campana Judge, Ted Luckett, and Doug Cherry 2001 Campaign for OWU ends, with $100 million goal exceeded 2001 OWU Women's soccer team defeats Amherst (MA) 1-0 at Roy Rike Field, winning NCAA Division III National Championship 2001 Renovated Edgar Hall dedicated as Fine Arts Center & Haycock Hall 2002 Dedication of Richard M. Ross Art Museum (former Sally Humphreys Art Hall) at 60 S. Sandusky Street 2002 OWU purchases Delaware's 86 year old Strand Theater 2002 OWU Women's soccer team wins second NCAA Division III National Championship, defeating Messiah College 1-0 2003 Archives of Ohio United Methodism dedicated at Beeghly Library following merger of archival collections of the West and East Ohio Conferences of The United Methodist Church at OWU 4 2 2004 Mark Huddleston becomes president of OWU; inaugurated April 2, 2005 2004 "Remembering Mr. Rickey Campaign" begins -- $22 million campaign to improve athletic and recreational facilities on campus 10 1 2004 Conrades-Wetherell Science Center dedicated (renovation and joining of Bigelow-Rice and Stewart Hall) 2004 Sulphur Spring renovated by Class of 1954 2006 Branch Rickey Way dedicated during Homecoming 2006 Class of 1959 takes on restoration of Memorial Gateway; dedicated during Alumni Weekend 2009 2007 David Robbins serves as interim OWU president 2007 OWU receives NCAC All-Sports Championship Trophy 4 19 2008 Marge Sagan Softball Field dedicated 10 10 2008 Rev. Rockwell Jones becomes president of OWU; inaugurated October 10, 2008 2008 Historical marker placed on campus at site of first OWU-OSU football game in 1890 2009 Groundbreaking for Meek Aquatics and Recreation Center