Fifty Years of Buchtel
by
Albert I. Spanton
Call Number: LD661 .B52 1922
Publication Date: 1922
Fifty Years of Buchtel (1870-1920) is a history of The University of Akron from its founding as Buchtel College in 1870 to its 50th anniversary in 1920, edited by Albert I. Spanton, Professor of English and Dean of the Buchtel College of Liberal Arts. Chapters include: the founding; the founders; the administrations of Presidents McCollester and Rexford; reminiscences of the early years; early days; the administration of President Cone; the administrations of Doctor Knight and President Priest; the administration of President Church; the administration of President Kolbe; the Preparatory Department; the faculty and the curriculum; the teacher; gifts and donors; athletics; literary activities; college journalism; fraternities and sororities; student social life; the nineties and later; traditions and fun; Buchtel in the Great War; life in the S.A.T.C.; letter from Mary Gladwin; and appendix. In addition to Spanton, chapters were written by Charles B. Wright, Susie Chamberlain Cole, Mary B. Jewett, Lily Theiss Neal, Amelia Schoeninger, Agnes Whiton Simmons, Alfred Herberich, Parke R. Kolbe, Dr. Charles M. Knight, C.R. Olin, Charles L. Bulger, Robert J. Osborne, Lydia Voris Kolbe, Franklin G. Wieland, Maude Herndon, Walker Buel, and Joseph C. Osborne.