Miami Noted As Cradle of Coaches'
Miami Noted As Cradle of Coaches' The second oldest state institution of higher learn- ing west of the Allegheny Mountains, Miami Univer- sity is known as the Mother of Fraternities, the birth- place of the McGuffey Reader and the home of the Cradle of Coaches. Founded on February 17, 1809, Miami University is located in Oxford, a picturesque town approximately 50 miles southwest of Dayton. The population of Ox- ford is just over 6,500, while Miami's enrollment this year is about 11,500. For many years known as "The Yale of the West," Miami began to lose that name after 1888, when Ella McSurely, a professor's daughter, became the Univer- sity's first coed. And in the same year, Miami played a 0-0 tie with the University of Cincinnati in the school's first intercollegiate football game. Miami first played Dayton in football in 1921 and the two schools have played a total of 33 games since. Shortly after the University opened its doors, Wil- liam Flolmes McGuffey, in the 1930s, wrote the readers and spellers which were to play such an important role Upham Hall, Miami University in the education of the West. Beta Theta Pi, the first fraternity founded west of the Alleghenies, was established at Miami in 1839. Even the professional ranks can boast of nine Mi- With the founding of Phi Delta Theta in 1848 and amians, including three head football coaches in the Sigma Chi in 1855, Miami contributed the social or- American Football League. The head coaches include ganizations known throughout the fraternity world as Paul Brown of the Cincinnati Bengals; Weeb Ewbank, the Miami Triad.
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