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In 1874, the Ohio General Assembly instead strongly supported the new Ohio State University created by the Morrill Act in Columbus and proposed that both Ohio and Miami be demoted to preparatory schools. [41]
In 1803, Ohio became a state and on February 18, 1804, the Ohio General Assembly passed an act establishing “The Ohio University.” The University opened in 1808 with one building, three students, and one professor, Jacob Lindley.
Ohio University was recognized by the new state on February 18, 1804, with its charter being certified by the Ohio General Assembly. This last approval happened eleven months after Ohio was admitted to the Union.
Mar 15, 2018 · In 1953, some 150 years and 31 states later, Ohio was getting ready to celebrate the state’s 150th birthday. In preparation for Ohio’s sesquicentennial, some Ohio school teachers headed to Washington, D.C. to obtain copies of documents pertaining to Ohio becoming a state in 1803.
- Setting The Curriculum
- Opening Day and The First Years
- State Support
- Renaming The College
For much of the University’s first decade, the Board of Trustees and the faculty of the new college grappled with its mission. In the face of powerful lobbies and countervailing public sentiment, the Board established a liberal arts curriculum for the new college. Governor Rutherford B. Hayes pointed the Board to the Morrill Act’s flexible language...
In one of the few newspaper accounts of the College’s opening day, the Columbus Dispatchsummarized its birth: “They say a small beginning makes a good ending.” Forty students applied to be admitted to the Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College when it opened its doors on September 17, 1873. Twenty-four of them, including two women, were accepted;...
The State of Ohio, which had created Ohio A&M, hesitated to support it. The legislature regarded the land-grant as a one-time payment, and disowned the necessity of perpetual care and stewardship of the fledgling institution. Since tuition was free, increasing enrollment increased expenses without increasing revenue. The College essentially ran on ...
On May 1, 1878, the state legislature officially renamed Ohio A&M The Ohio State University. President Orton had lobbied for a name change since 1875, arguing that the institution’s name should declare its dedication to “practical scientific training,” but felt the State’s rechristening amounted to wishful thinking. Still known to most Ohioans as “...
The first colleges in the region were organs of church extension programs, built in the hope of improving the morals and economy of small frontier towns. In 1859, United States Senator Justin Morrill of Vermont proposed federal funding of new state universities, run for the benefit of all citizens; President James Buchanan vetoed the measure as ...
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Original universities and colleges in the state included the Ohio University, founded in Athens, in 1804, the first university in the old Northwest Territory and ninth-oldest in the United States.
