TUESDAY FEB. 21, 2012 flyernews.com UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON VOL. 59 NO. 29 What do you want to do before you graduate? In our annual special issue, the Flyer News staff decided to explore this question. Here, we offer suggestions to guide your adventures. Our hope is that these ideas inspire you to make the most of your time at the University of Dayton. Check off the boxes as you go, and enjoy the ride. Illustration by Hannah Magnan/Art Director 2 NEWS flyernews.com Flyer News • Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 Local history, lore rests in Woodland Cemetery ied in Woodland Cemetery. VISIT WOODLAND “You know, now we think of gyp- CEMETERY sies and we think of people who are trying to rob people, but back CHRIS RIZER News Editor in those days, they were like the kings and queens when they came The rolling hills and wind- over from England,” she said. ing roads at the Woodland Cem- When Matilda Stanley died in etery and Arboretum lead visitors 1878, 25,000 people attended her through gravesites and monu- funeral service, according to Me- ments which tell tales of Dayton’s scher. The service was so packed past. that the minister had to be careful Debra Mescher, customer ser- not to fall into the grave. vice and office manager for the But they had to wait for Stan- Woodland Cemetery and Arbore- ley’s daughter to get out of the tum Foundation, said there are grave before the burial as she had many colorful stories about the jumped in since she didn’t want people buried in the cemetery. to part with her mother, Mescher One stone marker tells the story said. of the drowning of a 5-year-old Another monument with an boy and his dog’s futile attempt to interesting story is a large angel rescue him, she said. The statue statue marking the grave of Asa depicts the boy and a dog, which McMillen, Mescher said. She said marks the grave of Johnny More- some of the only known informa- house, who drowned in the Miami tion about McMillen is the symbol- and Erie Canal in 1860. She said ic meaning of the statue. the dog is part of the statue be- The figure was shipped from Ita- cause it’s said the canine would sit ly in 1855, Mescher said. It depicts Betsy Little, a 23-year-old woman by Morehouse’s grave after the boy an angel holding a cloth and a slate, who was murdered by her boy- died. which she said are metaphors for friend Albert France, the father Mescher said the Stanley fam- people’s slates being wiped clean of her illegitimate unborn child. ily, a group of gypsies, also is bur- when they enter heaven. It was initially thought that Little One grave holds the remains of had committed suicide when her body was found floating in the Steelwater River in North Dayton in 1897. But it was later found that France had shot her twice in the head. The cemetery is also the final resting place of local figures who shaped Dayton’s aviation history, Mescher said. Both Wilbur and Or- ville Wright are buried in the cem- etery, along with William Huff- man, a man who helped in their aviation mission. Huffman moved to Dayton from New Jersey and started a family The gravesite of Wilbur and Orville Wright, top, and Johnny Morehouse, bottom, the boy whose dog sat on his grave after trying in vain to save Morehouse from drown- legacy of local and national busi- ing to death, according to local lore, are two of many historical sites at the Woodland ness leadership, according to Me- Cemetery and Arboretum. KEVIN LONGACRE/PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR scher. Huffman started sewing machine, manufacturing and ap- cal business leaders in the 1800s said she enjoys going for runs and pliance companies before founding also are buried at Woodland Cem- walks in the cemetery, and said Huffy Bicycles. etery, Mescher said. fall is her favorite time to visit the William Huffman’s grandson, She said while she can’t con- cemetery because of the foliage. Torrence Huffman, owned the firm those individuals were the She said her favorite gravesite Huffman Prairie - today Wright- namesakes for Kiefaber and Lowes is the Wright brothers’ because it Patterson Air Force Base - where streets at the University of Day- marks a significant piece of Day- the Wright brothers ran test flights ton, it’s likely they were because ton history. in 1905, Mescher said. of their impact on the area. She “It’s different than campus, it’s Edward Roach, historian at the said a lot of things were named af- just you and nature, basically, and Dayton Aviation Heritage National ter figures like Kiefaber and Lowes you’re secluded from all the stress- Historical Park, said this is where in the 1800s because there weren’t ful things on campus,” she said. Wilbur and Orville Wright tested a lot of people living in Dayton at “It’s just really beautiful and a the airplane as a practical inven- that time. really good way to get away from tion, rather than for technological “They did a lot to get things campus without going too far.” curiosity like they did in 1903 in started [in the area],” she said. For more information about the Kitty Hawk, N.C. Kelli Schimmoeller, a senior civ- Woodland Cemetery and Arbo- William and Henry Kiefaber, il engineering major, said she likes retum, visit www.woodlandcem- and Joseph Lowes, prominent lo- visiting Woodland Cemetery. She etery.org. NEWS 3 Flyer News • Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 Dayton museum works to promote world, local peace FIND TRANQuility tion about world peace. visiting children. Children can play pened in the world,” Cotton said. at THE dayton Peace The museum’s current main ex- dress-up in ethnic costumes or ob- “What’s really interesting is that it’s CHECK MUSEUM hibit is “The Life and Ideals of Mo- serve the foreign-inspired drawings not so much a museum in the sense handas Gandhi,” which will be on on the walls. you go there and look at stuff, it fea- SARA DORN display until April. The first floor A peace mailroom displays hun- tures peace and issues in the greater Chief News Writer of the museum’s three-floor build- dreds of letters that promote peace. Dayton area and in the world.” At the Dayton International ing is always a traveling exhibit There is a small Holocaust exhibit Cotton began volunteering at the OUT Peace Museum, visitors can learn and changes every three months, that features a photo board covered museum in 2009. He said he works at about local peace activists, discover Ahmed. in the faces of Holocaust victims. children’s camps and other events WEB-EXCLUSIVE nonviolent solutions to internation- The walls of the upstairs perma- Another room in the museum is a that take place through the muse- al problems and observe exhibits nent exhibits are lined with photos library with books written by peace um. He said he was inspired to work CONTENT NOT about some of history’s most peace- and biographies of Nobel Peace advocates. at the museum because of the mis- SEEN IN PRINT! ful and non-peaceful events. Prize winners. One room features Ahmed said the permanent dis- sion it upholds. The museum, which opened six information about local peace activ- plays’ newest addition is a room “Local individuals created a place years ago at 208 W. Monument Ave., ists, such as Sister Dorothy Stang. dedicated to the victims of the Hiro- that teaches about how peace is fos- advocates peace in the Dayton area Stang, who died in 2005, was a shima and Nagasaki atomic bomb- tered around the world, and it’s so through educational luncheons, Dayton native and Sister of Notre ings. The exhibit advocates against amazing,” Cotton said. discussions, events and more, said Dame de Namur, according to the nuclear weapons, features a video Ralph and Christine Dull founded ON THE WEB Bashir G. Ahmed, museum board display. She was known as the “An- about the World War II atomic bomb- the Museum in 2006, Cotton said. member and director of operations. gel of the Amazon” for her work in ings and includes Japanese artifacts. “This is a space created by two AND “We inspire a culture of peace,” Brazil’s rainforests, teaching peas- Mat Cotton, a junior interna- individuals to create a better, more TWITTER AT: Ahmed said. “We believe in nonvio- ants sustainable farming techniques tional studies major and museum happy city and it’s such a beautiful lence and peace in resolving conflict. and advocating to preserve the for- volunteer, said students should visit thing,” he said. We believe war is not the answer.” ests. the museum to learn more about the For more information on the Day- Ahmed said the museum gets re- One room in the museum is cov- world. ton International Peace Museum quests from schools, organizations ered in children’s crafts and litera- “I think students should visit the and a schedule of upcoming events, and other groups for “peace-mobile” ture promoting peace. It includes museum because it’s an opportuni- visit www.daytonpeacemuseum.org. flyernews.com visits. The peace-mobile is a trans- crayons, construction paper and ty, at the very basic level, to broaden & @FlyerNews portable trailer that houses informa- other arts and crafts materials for your horizons and see what has hap- WearRingUDaytonAd_final_Layout 1 1/18/12 11:25 AM Page 1 Wear the Ring: It’s our habit.