OF HIRAM COLLEGE. 1854:-1875 Published by the SocAi:yl — CLEVELAND, 0: ROBISON, SAVAGE & CO., PRINTERS, 65 & 67 FRANKFOI'_STRREET. ttlp I 11tratg ofct t 4.oo INTRODUCTION. At the reguTar meeting of the Society held Dec. 7th, 1874, a motion was made and adopted to appoint a committee of three, to consider and report on the feasibility of holding a Delphic Reunion a+ the close of the Spring Term of the current college year; a]so to report methods of proceeding. Messrs. B. E. ilelman, C. II. Ryder, and W. B. llinsdale, were appointed said committee. At a later meeting, the Society resolved on holding a Reunion, and the gentlemen named above were constituted a committee of ways and means to make necessary arrangements, subject to the direction of the Society. This committee reported progress from time to time and received instructions from the Society, until a programme was perfected. What this was, is shown by the card of invitation issued: "HIRAM, OHIO, April 12, 1875. DEAR SIR:-The Deiphic Literary Society cordially Invites YOU to be present at a Reunion of all its members which will be held in the College, Wednesday evening, June 9th. its object is to bring all who have ever been members once more within the old College wslls, to establish a more friendly bond of union between its earlier and later members, and to enjoy the social pleasantriof the occasion. The exercises of the evening will consist of an Address of Welcome, History of the Society by Pres. Hlnsdale, a Poem by F.M. Green, calling the roll of all who have been members of the Society, and miscellaneous speeches. The remainder of the time will CHAS. FILLIUS, CHAS. H. RYDER, How this programme was carried out, it is the purpose of this memorial to show. 4*i THE REUNION. WednesdaLy evening, Junie 9th, members of the Society gathered at the Town Hall. At half past seven o'clock, a procession was formed, headed by Robert Mloffett and Charles Fillius, the first and last Presidents of the Society, followed by the historian and poet of the evening, and by such other members as had reported. Led by the Hiram Cornet Band, the procession marched to the College. Entering the Chapel, (which has been faced about within five years), the members saw the sentiment, "Welcome Delphics," in evergreen, arching the center window. The center front seats were reserved for members. The room was densely packed with an interested and appreciative audience. Order having been called, the exercises proceeded as follows: Prayer, by Robert Moffett. Greeting Glee, by the Arion Society. Charles Fillius, President of the Society, then delivered the following ADDRESS OF WELCOME: BROTHER DELPIICS:-As representative of the Delphic, I cordially welcome you back to your Society. I welcome you back to the Hall that once resounded to the tread of your feet, and echoed with your voices. I welcome you back to the Hall which, it is hoped, will bring to you all recollections freighted with the pleasures and joys of school days long gone by. I welcome you back to friends, the long separa i 0 0 DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. tion from whom will render your meeting doubly dear and appreciated. But not only this. I welcome you back to the Institution in whose well-being and prosperity we all feel a common interest; and whose future work we all will watch with that filial regard which an offspring has for its parent. We are rejoiced to see that so many of the old Delphics are with us to-night, and the many letters which we have received from the absent ones make us feel sure that they are with us in thought and feeling, if not in person. Indeed, we do wish that all those who have been Delphics, from'54 to'75, might have been here to-night. But it could not be. The duties of active life have kept some away. Two or three, forgetting their manhood and entering paths of sin, are now paying the forfeit of their crimes. Death, too, has invaded our ranks and left his traces. Some, also, at the call of our country in the time of her woe, nobly responded to the demands of the Government, moved by the promptings of that Higher Law which demanded that the bonds should be struck from the slave, that he might stand forth possessed of his God-given rights, and that our country might deserve to be called a land of universal freedom. The blood which they so freely shed, and their bodies which lie buried beneath southern skies, testify to their nobility and patriotism, and to their fidelity, not only in times of peacc, but also in times of trouble and distress. But notwithstanding these sad features of our Reunion, To you who are here, Whether you attended school a term or a year, Or, after a course six years long, You left the stage willing aud strong, to struggle with a world at best rude, we extend the right hand of fellowship. The only qualification necessary is that you are enrolled among the members of the Society. We wanted to meet you here in a body, to get you 5 REUNION OF THE back to the place around which, next to home, will cluster the fondest recollections and associations of our lives. It was said by a gentleman long connected with the interests of the Institution, that among those persons who have attended school here there prevails what he calls a Hiram sentiment. What we earnestly desire, is an extension of this sentiment, and a deeper feeling of love and abiding faith in Alma Mater. And we also earnestly desire that this prevailing sentiment among the members of the Society may embrace the old Delphic. The creation of such a feeling can and will exert a great deal of good. A manifestation of interest by you in the well-being of the Society will spur on the members of the immediate future to renewed efforts, and, it is to be hoped, to greater triumphs. We feel that this Reunion will be a source of profit and pleasure to you. It is always a source of profit and pleasure to meet old friends and to have old times vividly recalled. And as you stroll through the Campus and sit down, perhaps, under the tree you used to sit under, or linger near some familiar spot loved for its associations, and think of the good old times, we know that you will never regret the time spent at this Reunion. Perhaps to some of you many of the faces you see around are unfamiliar. Even the name of the Institution is not the name it bore when sofie of you were active members of the Society. Yet, though the Institution has assumed a more imposing name, the )elphic is the same to-day in spirit that it was in the times of the old Eclectic. It is hoped that you will all feel yourselves entirely at home. So far as possible, we shall endeavor to fill the places of the absent friends of your school days. Those of you who were students here years ago will perhaps miss the faces of your instructors; but the recollection of the labors and sacrifices which they made in your behalf will not fail to recall grateful remembrances of them. 6 DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. Fellow Delphics, you are welcomed back to a Hall improved, to a library consisting of many choice volumes instead of but three; which shows that the later members of the Society, to whom you entrusted its interests, as faithful guardians of its rights and dignities, have not proved recreant to the trust thus confided. You are heartily welcome back to the old Hall where you Uplifted your many voices full and strong, In the old Hal] with pleasant memories stored, And where you praised the invisible, universal Lord, Who lets once more in peace the members meet, Where science, art, and labor have outpoured Their myriad horns of plenty at your feet. In concluding this pleasant task, I can but express the wish that this Reunion may lead to many others, and that it is but the type of that grander and far more glorious reunion which, by God's favor, we may make on the other side of Jordan, where, at the foot of the Master's throne, together we may sing praises in His glory forever. B. A. Hinsdale, President of the College, then delivered the HISTORICAL ADDRESS. BROTHERS OF THE DELPHIC:-The history of Literary Societies in Hiram may be divided into three periods: the Ancient, the Mediseval, and the Modern. The Ancient period begins with the Institution and closes with the organization of the Delphic, in the winter of 1853-4; the Mediseval period extends from the close of the Ancient to the organization of the Institution as a college, in 1867; the Modern period reaches from the close of the Medieval to the present day. The first was a period of experiment and failure; the second, a period of experiment and success; the third, a period of experiment and uncertainty, with certain conclusions and a definite policy appearing very clearly towards the close. The history of 7 REUNION OF THE the Delphic lies wholly in the second and third periods, but the Society was an out-growth of the first. To the first, then, we must go in quest of its roots. The Literary Society as a means of culture had ceased to-be an experiment long before the Eclectic Institute was founded. It was but natural, therefore, that, so soon as the whlieels of the new school were fairly in motion, this means of culture should be called in as an auxiliary. The spirit of filial piety named the first society here. organized "The Eclectic." Orris Atwater savs: "It dates back to the first fall term, and possibly earlier." For a time it shone the star of first magnitude in the literary heavens of Hiramn, but finally paled its ineffectual fires before the great orb that quenched all inferior luminaries. During its short but honorable life, the Eclectic gathered up into its membership the most brilliant and promising male students. It has the credit of giving the first Public Lyceum given in the history of Hiram. Why the Eclectic did not continue to flourish, it would now be hard to say. It is enough to know that things went wrong, as is shown by the first chapter in the history of the Society that took its place. This chapter, copied from the original record, runs as follows: "WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPT. 1st, 1852. Pursuant to notice, a few of the members of the Eclectic met in the recitation room of Prof. Dunshee, and organized by choosing S. Rider President, and C. E. Fuller Secretary. After a few words introductory by the president, the meeting was addressed by M essrs. Garfield, J. Harnit, P. Burns, Harrah, and Fuller, on the objects of the meeting. Motion was then made and seconded, that we mutually agree to secede from the Eclectic Lyceum, and form ourselves into a new society. The motion was unanimously agreed to. A committee of three was then appointed to draft a constitution, and Messrs. Ballou, Garfield, and Fuller 8 DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. were appointed said committee. After somne further remarks, meeting adjourned to Monday evening, Sept. 6th, at half-past 6 o'clock. CORYDON E. FULLER, Sec'y." The gentlemen who had constituted this meeting met at the appointed time, and perfected the organization of a new society that they called the Philomathean. The birth of this society was the death of the Eclectic. Whether the latter died at once, or whether it went drooping to the grave, I cannot say. Certain it is that when I came to Hiram, in the winter of 1853-4, it had become a tradition. The Philomathean was a Minerva from the beginning. This is its first list of members: H. B. Boynton, Ballou, Burns, John Encell, Foote, the two Fullers, Faddis, Garfield, Horner, Harnit, Harrah, Merrifield, Rider, Starke, and Wilbur. Such familiar names as 0. C. Atwater, Everest, W. S. Hayden, Goodrich, King, McBride, Miller, and Southmayd, appear on the later lists. For the most part, the young men who made up this society had received some training in the Eclectic, and they entered on their work without halting or hesitation. At their first regular meeting, they made arrangements for a Public Lyceum, which came on only a month later. I am sure that a transcript of the Secretary's history of this affair, and of another similar one a year later, would make some of you laugh; but I have no time to give it. The most brilliant period in the history of the Philomathean was the winter of 1853-4. During that winter, each weekly meeting was a Public Lyceum. The meetings were held in the Chapel, called in the Society vocabulary "Philomathean Hall." All of the public who cared to do so attended. Principal Hayden acted as critic; and everything conspired, so far as an outsider could see, to make the winter glorious. The center of the line of battle was a series of dis 9 REUNION OF THE courses called Lectures, successively delivered on chosen topics. The lectures were about twenty minutes long, and each Lecturer appeared once in two weeks. Garfield gave a course on Profane (or, as we should say now, Secular) History; Everest on Church History; Miller on Prophecy; Burns on Phrenology; Dunshee on Geology; and Hull on Logic and Rhetoric. The last two were teachers, as was Garfield. The other members, Foote, Reno, Faddis, Goodrich, Southmayd, and perhaps others whom I have forgotten, fought on the skirmish line and on the flanks. Their performances were miscellaneous, essays, orations, and debates. At first, the criticisms were delivered in public, but after awhile they were reserved for the private delectation of the members. Tradition says the dii majores did not relish having their absurdities exposed in public. Tradition also says that, smoothly as the machinery seemed to run, there was some friction; and that Uncle Sutton's ingenuity was considerably taxed to allay it. The Philomathean Society made a deep impression on a great many minds. "Though small in numbers," says Orris Atwater, "the Philomathean was, for a time, probably the most brilliant societv ever gathered on the Hill." Henry James says: "It was supported by what seemed to me in those days, a very remarkable body of men." The impression made upon mv own mind was quite as deep. Night after night I climbed the east hill, sometimes in rain and darkness, to hear those wonderful debates and lectures. I was a big boy, awkward and uncultured enough, with the smell of the furrow upon my garments; but I knew a thing or two, and my mind had opened enough to appreciate what I heard to the full. Those wonderful discourses of Garfield's on history! Is the man now living who can equal them? If so, give me his name and place of habitation, that I may go and hear him. As I think of them, not only does it seem that genius has taken her flight, but I ask, 10 1)ELPHIIC LITERARY SOCIETY Have wonder and admiration grown old? But time deals roughly with the illusions of youth. Years afterwards, Garfield told me that, when he began the lectures, he knew almost nothing of history; that he undertook themn to compel himself to read; and that he quarried his material as he needed it out of a historical compend. By that time, however, I had learned how it was myself. - All the lectures impressed me as very extraordinary, and it is hard to convince myself that the feeling was illusory. Henry James speaks of the Philomatheans as "wonderful me"mentions those that he thought "the master spirits" -and adds: "Then began to grow up in me an admiration and love for Garfield that has never abated, and the like of which I have never known. A bow of recognition, or a single word, from him was to me an inspiration." The exact parallel of my own experience! Garfield, you have taught me more than any other man living or dead; and when I recall those early days, when I remember that James and I were not the last of the boys, proud as I am of your record as a soldier and statesman, I can hardly forgive you for abandoning the Academy for the field and the forum! The Philomathean ran its course in two years' time. Its life, though brilliant, appears to have been troubled. It was regarded with a good deal of jealousy. It professed to be select, and the mass of men can never forgive anything or anybody that makes any such pretension. Its standard of ability kept its membership small; comparatively few persons were received into it after the first term; and when the old members began to leave, some for college, and some for practical work, the society reeled under the blow. The catastrophe will be described when we have taken a glance at another feature of the Ancient period. Thus far I have mentioned only the society that was foremost in its time-the Eclectic and the Philomathean. But the virgin soil of Hiram teemed with 11 REUNION OF THE Literary Societies. Should you ask me to name them all, I should be compelled to answer in the words of the demoniac who wandered among the tombs "their name is legion, for they were many." In addition to those whose history I have traced, I can mention only the Websterian, the Demosthenian, the Junto, the Washingtonian, and the Independent. Probably these are not more than a third of the societies that lived in our Palaeozoic age. Nor did these societies all exist at the same time. Almost without exception, they were weak, ephemeral affairs, living a sickly life of a term or half year, and then dying. The Philomathean drained them of their best members, and they ranked so far below that society that they could hardly respect themselves. One by one they struggled on their brief day, and perished. None of these societies had any property basis, either furniture or library. An entry in the minutes of the Philomathean shows what property it was customary for a society to have in those days. "On motion, the Secretary was instructed to purchase a blank book, and the Marshal five candlesticks, two pairs of snuffers, and five pounds of candles." When to this list of articles a budget-box is added, you have as good an equipment as any society in Hiram had previous to the organization of the Delphic. It soon became evident that the organization of the Philomathean would not solve the society problem. Not only did it give no promise of long life itself, but small societies multiplied more and more, and died quicker than ever. Orris Atwater says: "The climax of the Philomathean and the multiplication of small societies, were certainly in the winter of 1853-4." What was wanted was clear enough to all who had any penetration-fewer and stronger societies; societies having permanency, traditions, property, and a history interwoven with that of the Institution itself. But it would take time to make them; rather, they could not be made, they must 12 DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. grow. Reviewing the facts presented, it is clear that the Ancient period of this history was one of experiment, confusion, and failure. Towards its close, the Philomathean became old and ready to vanish away. No one of the small societies gave any promise of becoming permanent; and a new departure seemed inevitable. And yet more had been done than at this distance appears. Students had found culture in the societies of that ancient period, unstable as they were. Besides, the necessity of fewer, firmer, and better societies had been demonstrated. But it must not be supposed that only Gentlemen's societies flourished in {hat remote age. There were Ladies' societies, though for some reason these never multiplied as the Gentlemen's societies did; whether owing to the better sense of the ladies or to their lack of enterprise, I cannot say. Probably traces of no more than three or four can be found in the whole history of the Institution. The history of one of these must be outlined. Very early in the Ancient period, a society was organized known as the' "Ladies' Literary Society." Its earliest history is hidden, but it seems to have been the twin of the Eclectic, though of the opposite gender. In the winter of 1853-4, this society proposed to give, and did give, a Public Lyceum; not its first one, however. Mrs. Hinsdale, who was a member, though not a charter member, tells me that, as the preparations were being made, a feeling got abroad to the effect that the society should have a name, It was felt that " The Ladies' Literary Society" was a mere description, and not a name in the proper sense of the word. Accordingly, Mary Hubbell proposed, and the society adopted, the name "Olive Branch." Mrs. Hinsdale thinks it was taken from the literary journal of the same name, published a quarter of a century ago in Boston. So much for the origin of the Olive Branch, the most venerable literary society in the college. It is 13 REUNION OF THE not the only Ladies' society that we have had, but it is the only one with a history. It has been one of the means of culture that make up the spiritual Hiram. Its history has been checkered. It has often shed its leaves, and sometimes they have been plucked away. One attempt at transplantation is remembered. But the tough old tree always put forth new leaves, and flowered into fresh life and beauty. On the Athenian Acropolis stood an olive tree sacred to Minerva. When Athens fell into the hands of the Persians, the inhabitants who had not fled were butchered, the temples burned, and it seemed that the city had perished forever. "But in the very midst of her ashes and desolation," says the historian, "a trivial portent seemed to foreshadow the resurrection of her power. The Athenians in the train of Xerxes, while sacrificing in the Acropolis, observed with astonishment that the sacred olive tree, which grew in the temple of Athena, had, in the two days which had elapsed since the fire, thrown out a fresh shoot, a cubit in length."* In case our temple should be burned and our altars be made desolate (which heaven avert!), we shall expect to see our Olive Tree exhibiting similar vitality. Before I close this sketch of the Ancient age, let me add quotations from two letters I have received. They are curious illustrations of the infirmity of human memory, and of the impressibility of mind in a certain stage of development. Mrs. Garfield writes: "Floating about in my very unretentive memory, are scraps and bits of pictures of those early days, as beautiful as a glinting sunshine through a morning mist; but through the fog I discern nothing as solid as a name or date. * * * * * I know there was a society among the Ladies called the Olive Branch, which budded and blossomed *Smith's History of Greece, chap, 19. 14 DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. beautifully; or at least it appeared so to my eyes then, and I will not be so cruel as to apply to it the tests of maturer judgment. * * * As regards the first Gentlemen's societies, I only remember that'powerful debates,' showing'great argumentative talent,''eloquent orations,' and'profound essays,' gave promise that there should be giants in the coming years. The echoes of those ringing voices still live among the dreamy realms of that far-off land, though the lips. that uttered them may have been long silent. But those days so belong to that unreal period when fancy and sentiment held sway, that I cannot gather out one sensible fact from among them all." Miss Booth writes in a different vein: "Oh, yes, my'recollections' are clear as usual. Those first Literary Societies of the Eclectic! Nonne pars fui? And don't I remember they were always sissing hot, always run under a full head of steam, with many a ludicrous explosion? And I laugh now as I think how enthusiastic, how crude, how conceited, and, withal, how capable we severally and collectively were." That first age in the history of Hiram-when appreciation was young, fancy quick, and admiration had not grown old! It is the Mythopoeic Age of our College. My reason tells me that it was a period of crudeness, that its scholarship was as pretentious as it was solid, that its eloquence was as sonorous as sensible; but my imagination triumphs over my reason and calls it a golden age. "There were giants in the earth in those days," the like of which the students of this generation never saw. I shall never believe that the students who have come here since 1854, are as capable as those who came before that time. And yet, how did it happen that such brilliant boys and girls turned out such ordinary men and women? The Medieval period of this history begins with 15 REUNION OF THE the winter term of'54-5. What a pass the societies had come to, has been shown already. The Faculty was dissatisfied with the situation, and was resolved on a reorganization of the forces. Well do I remember the morning that Principal Hayden appeared in the Chapel, and presented the Faculty view of what was needed. He recommended that there should be six societies, three for Gentlemen and three for Ladies; and that these should represent different grades of ability and experience. He submitted a draft of constitution, and asked for the co-operation of students in carrying out the plan. In general, it is enough to say that the re-organization took place substantially according to the views of the Faculty. One feature of the new plan was that a teacher should meet with each society, and act as a sort of critic and monitor; a feature that did not last long, however. The lowest grade of male talent mustered in what is now Professor Colton's room, under the lead of Mr. Hillyer and Mr. Crane. This juvenile society was called the "Tyrocenian," and was a short-lived affair. The next group, called the "Philozetian Society," gathered under the fostering wings of Mr. Dunshee, in what afterwards came to be called " Delphic Hall." Leading members were Henry Newcomb, William Turner, and Julius Searles. The historian of this evening was also a member for one term, and it was his first society experience save a single term in the Independent, one of the Palaeozoic organizations. We had some "loud" times that winter. The Philozetian lived on a few terms, and then succumbed to the forces of disintegration.Some of its material passed into a new society, called the Hesperian Meritorian, organized in 1856; the Hesperian of to-day with the "Meritorian" elided from its name. The highest grade of talent was marshalled by the shepherd's crook of Mr. Munnell, in what was then called the "Lower Chapel "-the Commercial 16 DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. Room of the last ten years. Here were the brilliant essayists and strong debaters who sat on the north side of the Chapel. Some of them had been in the Philomathean. It was proposed to call the new society the Philomathean, but this proposition was opposed and abandoned. Some difficulty was encountered in finding a name. Mr. Munnell probably has the honor of proposing the one agreed onTHE DELPHIC. Of course it was borrowed from Delphi, the city of the greatest oracle in Greece. Robert Moffett was the first President. The following is a list, nearly complete, of the members for the first term: W. H. Coddington, J. M. Faddis, J. J. Harrison, R. A. Gains, Thomas Farley, R. J. Hathaway, 0. F. Hoskins, H. J. Morgan, H. Parmly, R. Moffett, B. F. Wood, J. H. Rhodes, H. Y. Russell, A. H. Pettibone, and A. B. Way. The Ladies' societies were grouped on the upper floor. Principal Hayden, in defending this arrangement, said flowers grew in the upper walks of nature! The Olive Branch, the only form of life that continued from the Paleozoic Age into the Mesozoic, occupied the Chapel, and was flanked, as my memory runs, by two other societies, the verynames of which I cannot recover. Probably this is not much matter, for they were short-lived, leaving faint trace of their existence. Fruitful as the Ancient period had been in lessons of experience, some things remained to be learned. Time taught them. They are these: 1. There is room in Hiram for only three literary societies-two for Gentlemen and one for Ladies. 2. The Gentlemen's societies must be co-ordinate. 3. The proper place for the younger pupils is the Rhetorical Class, where they can be under the eye of an instructor. Such, no doubt, will be the policy of the College in future. Experience has also taught another thing: The two Gentlemen's societies are never equal in abili 17 REUNION OF THE ty for any long time; first one leads and then the other. A society becomes strong; it becomes particular about its members; the younger students are drawn towards the other: as a result, the stronger society is not recruited, and as its old members leave it becomes weak, while the weaker becomes strong. Then the same process begins again, only the societies have changed places. How many times in twenty years have I seen this law assert itself! From this point, my remarks will flow in a single channel. I shall follow the history of the Delphic, in a general way, to the beginning of the Modern era. From the beginning, the Delphic was a lusty growth. It came before the public the first term of its existence with a Public Lyceum. Mr. Munnell presided, and the exercises occupied the afternoon and evening. Time will not permit me to give a transcript of the programme. There was the usual variety of exercise. The resolution "Resolved, that the present circumstances of Europe furnish reasons to expect an essential amelioration of human affairs," was affirmed by R. Moffett and A. H. Pettibone, denied by B. F. Wood and J. H. Rhodes. A very "taking" colloquy, understood to have been written by II. Y. Russell, was presented. I remember to have listened to the exercises with great attention. Rhodes's speech on the debate struck me as' finer than anything I had seen from Seward. At the same time, the impression made on me was not equal to that made by the Philomathean performances of the winter before. From Garfield, Burns, and Everest to Rhodes, Moffett, and the Atwaters, will always, I suppose, seem to me a step down. Such was the first term of the Delphic, as seen by an outsider. Its later history proved worthy of this beginning. It is not detracting from the merit of any other society to say, the Delphic has done a work unequaled by any other society in the history of the 18 DI)ELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. Institution. This sprang from the fact that it had the start of all the others at the time of the reorganization. Valuable as is the work done by the Hesperian, since 1858 the rival of the Delphic, the Hesperian did not come into competition until the Delphic had done several new things in our Literary Society history. What these new things were, will appear as I go on with my story. The Delphic was the first society to fit up a room for its meetings, and the first to own a library, as it is the first to hold a reunion. I became a member of the Delphic in the spring of 1856. John Atwater was admitted the same evening. It may be worth remarking, that the rejection at the same time of another applicant for admission, was the source of a good deal of that Hesperian antipathy towards the Delphic whichold Delphics will remember. When I came into the Society, I found Rhodes and Everest, both members of the Faculty, the principal pillars; but they were flanked right and left by William Smith, Augustus Williams, Orris Atwater, Newcomb, Bowler, Reed, Cameron, Wilcox, H. M. Ford, the Haydens, and others less prominent in Hiram life. I also found the Society meeting in the Commercial Room. It had no property beyond the necessary candlesticks, snuffers, and the inevitable budget box. Early in the term, Rhodes brought in a proposition to the effect that we should paper and furnish a room in a tasteful manner. He -greatly bewildered some of us by saying it was customary for literary societies in colleges to have elegantly furnished rooms and valuable libraries. To carry out his proposition required money. He therefore proposed that the members vote a tax of one dollar per capita, and that we give a Public Lyceum and charge a door fee. Both propositions were agreed to, and we set to work. Some of the members winced at the tax, but all save two paid it. In due time the Lyceum came off; it 19 REUNION OF THE proved a financial success, and, for those days of small things, our treasury was overflowing. Then arose the question, What room shall we fit up? Some said the old room; others thought it too big and lonesome. It was finally agreed to seek snugger quarters. By some means, the Hesperian was dislodged from the room it had hitherto occupied, and during the summer Delphic Hall was fitted up for our reception. At the beginning of the fall term, the Hesperian moved up stairs, and not long after fitted up the room it has since occupied. Our new quarters were plain and tasteful, though they seemed quite gorgeous in contrast to the dreariness of the Lower Chapel. Perhaps I may be indulged in a brief comment on the Public Lyceum of that spring. Ford, Reed, and Orris Atwater delivered orations, Rhodes and Everett appeared in a colloquy written by themselves. In presenting this colloquy, curtains were used for the first time in the history of the Eclectic. The Faculty had always opposed them, as savoring of the theater. If you wish to know how the thing was now managed, call on Capt. W. H. Clapp, of the army, to rise up and explain. Pardon the egotism which recites further: the question, "Is the world advancing in moral improvement?" was discussed by Smith and Williams as affirmants, John Atwater and Hinsdale as respondents; the first time the latter youth ever appeared before what deserved to be called an "audience. " The door fee was a new feature, and one that exci ted a good deal of remark. Some of the citizens denounced it as a high-handed proceeding, contravening their vested right to attend all such school exercises free. But success crowned the innovation, and the precedent has been generally followed. It is safe to say, however, that the citizens of Hiram, as a class, have never taken the same interest in Public Lyceums since that they did before. There can be no question that the new feature was an excellent one. Door 20 DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. fees have been a fruitful source of revenue to our Societies. As many as two thousand volumes, and probably more, have been added to our libraries from doorfees. Some time in the year 1857, the foundation of the Delphic Library was laid. Tradition says this excellent collection of books originated in the following manner: At the close of a term, four or five dollars remained in the treasury. Some one moved (who I do not know) that the money be expended for books. Three books were accordingly bought. One of them remains in the library in a good state of preservation, "Pulpit Portraits; or, Pen Pictures of distinguished American Divines," by John Ross Dix. When I returned to the School in the spring of'58, the collection had grown to sixteen or eighteen volumes. For a considerable time, let me remark, the books were kept in the private room of the librarian. Perhaps the present cases were fitted up in the Fall of'58. The Spring of 1859 witnessed another new departure. From time immemorial the principal Societies had been accustomed to give Public Lyceums. Early this Spring, the yearly exhibition came up for consideration. It was proposed that, instead of giving it in the middle of the term in the Chapel, as usual, we should give it on Commencement evening under the tent. Who originated the proposition, I can't say. Augustus Williams first mentioned it to me. When it came up in Society, we had what, in the House of Commons, is called a "field night." After strenuous opposition, the movement prevailed, only two members voting in the negative. It was thought a very bold experiment. The Hesperians were amazed at our folly. But when Commencement evening came round, we had an immense audience, and took in more than one hundred and sixty dollars! After paying all expenses, one hundred dollars went to D. Appleton & Co., to pay for a very handsome addition to our library. Opposition was struck dumb. The 21 REUNION OF THE next year the Hesperians put their anniversary the evening before Commencement. In a year or two more, they said we had had Commencement evening long enough, and asked the Faculty to compel us to alternate with them; which the latter very generously did. Some other features of our work in those years might be mentioned. There was the "Delphic Oracle," a manuscript newspaper published weekly for a considerable period, originally suggested by John Atwater. My recollections of this sheet are very vivid. All the details of its publication were considered as gravely as the proposition to start a new daily in New York would be. The articles abounded in references to Pythia, the tripod, and the divine afflatus that tore the Delphian priestess in the days of Themistocles. It was a very brilliant journal, as you will agree when I tell you that Henry James contributed poems, and the historian of this evening witty paragraphs, to its columns. Then there was the Delphic Senate, which sat during the winter of'60 and'61, also a measure of John Atwater's suggesting. What could I not say of that Senate, if time permitted? All I can say is, our debates, as was natural considering the war cloud was already considerably larger than a man's hand, turned on the questions of the day. Each man represented a State, and the North and South were evenly matched. At times the debates were very fierce and sanguinary. By this time my term of service -i-n the Delphic was drawing to a close, and so must this history. Some of the boys with whom I had served had already gone to college. In the spring of'61 the war broke out, and others went to the army. The membership of the Society accordingly underwent a great change. The Delphic as I knew it substantially came to an end. New and younger members continued its life. Mv last service, previous to this evening, performed by 22 DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. the appointment of the Society, was to act as Captain of the police force at the anniversary of'61. In those years savage threats of pulling down the tent at Commencement used to circulate annually, and it was thought needful to be ready for an emergency. Had the roughs beset us that night, it is probable that the Police Captain would have run. Here my sketch must close. It is fragmentary, and abounds in personal recollections for want of better material. But it may serve the purposes of the occasion, as an outline of the early history of a very useful society. Its later history must be written by some one else-perhaps twenty years from now. I consider the Delphic one of my best educators, and I shall always cherish its name with undying affection. As President of the College, I know no Delphic, no Hesperian, no Olive Branch, but only our Literary Societies; as the historian of this Reunion, I can pledge myself to the Society of my student life. A few words relative to this Reunion. First of all, Delphic Brothers, I add my welcome to that of the President of the Society. Welcome once more to Hiram. Welcome to these festivities. It is long since some of you have trod the Hill. You are older than you were. On the faces of some the crow's foot begins faintly to appear at the outer angle of the eye. But while the outer man changes, is the inner man renewed day by day? When I retire into my natural consciousness, I seem as much a boy as in '58 or'60. ButL circumstances-I'll show you three of them, ranging from 4 to 11 years-tell me it is not so. But whatever changes in the outer or inner man time may have wrought in us, let us forget that we are men and be boys again. Woe worth the man who lives to despise the tip-toe expectation, the earnest enthusiasm, and the admiring wonder of youth! Out upon him who comes to despise the day of small things! Welcome, then, to our Hiram Zion; walk round her 23 REUNION OF THE battlements and tell her towers. Pass once more through the rooms where those faithful teachers taught us; visit the scenes of the earnest though friendly controversies of by-gone times. Stand in the shade of the trees that some of you helped to plant. Let us renew the friendships of the past, and take new vows of devotion to the mother of us all. We will also remember the absent, especially those who have fallen on life's battle-field. The greater part of our large membership remain until this present, though some have fallen asleep. Augustus Williams died at the close of his first campaign in the army. William Smith was another sacrifice to the Rebellion. Charles Bowler fell in a charge of the 7th Regiment at Cedar Mountain, and he rests under its sward. Henry Newcomb sleeps in the neighboring cemetery; O. R. Newcomb at Chardon. You will think of many others that I cannot mention, and of some whom I did not know. But we remain to celebrate the twentieth year of our Society; who shall celebrate her fortieth? In conclusion, indulge me in the recitation of a poem by Dr. Holmes, written for a college reunion, some strains of which will fall gratefully on your ears: "THE BOYS. "Has there any old fellow got mixed with the boys? If there has, take him out, without making a noise. Hang the Almanac's cheat and the Catalogue's spite! Old Time is a liar! We're twenty to-night! "We're twenty! we're twenty I Who says we are more? He's tipsy,-young jackanapes!-show him the door! ' Gray temples at twenty?' Yes! white if we please; Where the snow-flakes fall thickest there's nothing can freeze! "Was it snowing I spoke of? Excuse the mistake! Look close,-you will see not a sign of a flake! We want some new garlands for those we have shed,And these are white roses in place of the red. 24 DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. "We've a trick, we young fellows, you may have been told, Of talking (in public) as if we were old:That.boy we call' Doctor,' and this we call' Judge'; It's a neat little fiction,-of course it's all fudge. "That fellow's the' Speaker,'-the one on the right; 'Mr. Mayor,' my young one, how are you to-night? That's our'Member of Congress,' we say when we chaff; There's the'Reverend' What's his name?-don't make me laugh. "That boy with the grave mathematical look Made believe he had written a wonderful book, And the ROYAL SOCIETY thought it was true! So they chose him right in,-a good joke it was, too! " There's a boy, we pretend, with a three-decker brain, That could harness a team with a logical chain; When he spoke for our manhood in syllabled fire, We called him the' Justice,' but now he's' The Squire.' "And there's a nice youngster of excellent pith,Fate tried to conceal him by naming him Smith; He shanted a song for the brave and the freeJust read on his medal,' My Country,'' of thee!' "You hear that boy laughing?-You think he's all fun; But the angels laugh, too, at the good he has done; The children laugh loud as they troop to his call; And the poor man that knows him laughs loudest of all! "Yes, we're boys,-always playing with tongue or with pen; And I sometimes have asked, Shall we ever be men? Shall we always be youthful, and laughing, and gay, Till the last dear companion drops smiling away? '" Then here's to our boyhood, its gold and its gray! The stars of its winter, the dews of its May! And when we have done with our life-lasting toys, Dear Father, take care of thy children, THE BoYs!" 25 REUNION OF THE After the Reunion Address, the Fisherman's Glee was sung by the Arion Society. F. M. Green then read the following REUNION POEM. DEAR BoYS: We are back to the "old house " in summer, To traverse its threshold once more; To receive from our "cherishing mother" Warm welcome at her open door. She has missed us these many long seasons, Bold truants from Hiram and homne, But, at last, we have heard her invitings, And joyfully, joyously come. You'll believe us, dear boys,'tis a pleasure To receive such a welcome from you, With a love that our hearts will remember, Because evermore it is true. The boys of the Delphic are scattered To the east and the west, north and south; But their lives have been honored and manly, And their praise is in everyone's mouth. THE LIVING. I remember the names of the many I can only mention a few; And these are but honoring others Whose mention is equally due. All were idols of hearts and of households, With a childhood too lovely to last, But a manhood whose richness I honor, While it wakens the pulse of the past. There is Atwater once honored "Prex" Of the college which gathers us here; And Hinsdale successor and chief, Of the best of our band he is peer. 26 D)ELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. There are Everest, and Moffett, and Kline, And Henry, "detective for U. S," And Hiram, our Chamberlin, "taking in" Rhodes, Who is never "old Harry" to us. Udell sells his willow-ware "out in the west," Clark Braden's a "westerner," too, And Hayden, our Warren, from "brotherly love" Comes back with his old "How d'ye do? " And shall I forget to mention "Li" Ford, A railway king in his prime, And whistle "down brakes" upon the old road, Though the engineer shouts "make up time?" Ah! no; for the song-strain thrills in my heart, Though it wavers and trembles to rise, Lest my words shall bring down to the commonest prose The glory which gladdens our eyes. For my vision is keen as it sweeps o'er the field, Of the twenty-one years bound away, In the volume whose pages the dearest thoughts yield, And so many bright pictures to-day. THE DEAD). Blessings on the Hand that's led us, 'Mid the living, lo! these years; Blessings, too, that for our dead ones, We may weep our manly tears! Bowler, " killed at Cedar Mountain," D. D. Bard "fell on the field; " Wallace Coburn, J. R. Haven, Borne to us on Spartan shield. They went forth when Sumter's cannon Roused a Nation to its feet, Brave as Leonidas' Spartans, Never knowing a retreat: Theirs the heart to thrill with rapture, As they bared their breasts for fight; Ours to pay the loving tribute, In the tears we shed to-night. 27 REUNION OF THE Shall I mention Darrah, Dawson, Hyde and Lanphear, Phelps and Ford, Norval, Spencer, Burnett, Chapman, Newcomb, Williams, in a word? Buckingham, and James B. Johnson; Let them sleep in quiet rest, While thc Delphic is embalming All their memories in her breast. Brothers, blessings on your missing; Here upon our natal sod, Let us keep the brave heart open Always to the "breath of God;" For the manhood of all ages, In the true heart is impeaxled; And the heart that loves supremely, Guides the hand that moves the world. CONCLUSION. I ask not a life for you, Brothers, All radiant, as others have done;" But that life may have just enough shadow To temper the glare of the sun." "I would pray God to guard you from evil, But my prayer would bound back to myself; Ah! a seraph may pray for a sinner, But a sinner must pray for himself." We shall leave the "old house" on the morrow; But we'll carry our Reunion joys, To gladden our lives in the future, When memory "goes for the boys.'" And when life, with its labors, is ended, And Death says, "The school is dismissed," May an angel of mercy be near you, To claim your "good night, "and be kissed. 28 DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. After the singing of "Auld Lang Syne" by the Arion Society, short speeches were made by several D)elphics. Robert Moffett, first President of the Delphic, led the way in an interesting speech. He gave some facts concerning the organization and early history of the Society. He also spoke of his high appreciation of Literary Society work, and acknowledged a large indebtedness on his own part to the Delphic and other similar societies of which he had been a member. J. H. Rhodes followed in a brilliant speech, abounding in interesting reminiscences and valuable reflections. He exhorted all Delphics to "lend a hand" in the work of life, and especially to assist the College to the extent of their power. E. B. Wakefield, B. S Dean, and B. H. Hayden, members of a later period, followed with interesting remarks. After another piece of music by the Arion Society, the audience was dismissed. The roll was not called for want of time. The Delphics remained for consultation, R. Moffett in the chair. A motion was made and carried reqluesting the Society to publish a Memorial Volume, containing the addresses, the poem, and a history of the Reunion. A fund was also raised to aid in defray ing the cost of publication. At a late hour, the Delphics adjourned, feeling that the twentieth year of the Society's history had been worthily celebrated. Old Delphics had found interest and pleasure in recalling the past and in forming the acquaintance of *. —:. :.~ 29 REUNION OF THE the younger members; acting members, in the early history of the Society, and in the success of the Reuilion which they had planned. The large audience constantly testified to its appreciation of the exercises by enthusiastic applause. 30 0; -.~. APPENDIX. THE DELPHIC ROLL. The following roll ainis to record the names of all the members of the Society, from its organization to June 10th, 1875; also their occupation and residence, when practicable. Great care has been taken in making out the list. At the same time, it is presumable that names have been omitted and that errors have crept in. NAME AND OCCUPATION. A. A. ADAIR, - - - L. J. ADAIR, - - - D. M. AIKMAN, Farmer, - W. L. AIKMAN, Farmer, E. E. ALDERMAN, Farmer, - - D. T. ALGER, Real Estate Agent, W. B. ALLEN, Deceased, A. A. AMIDON, Attorney-at-Law, GIDEON L. APPLEGATE, - N. B. ARMSTRONG, Physician, J. M. ATWATER, Minister, O. C. ATWATER, Minister, - J. N. BABCOCK, - - - W. A. BABCOCK, Attorney-at-Law, PAUL BAGLEY, - - - M. W. BAGLEY, - - T. L. BANE, Business Man, - D. D. BARD, Killed in the army, W. BARD, - - - - P. W. BARBE, - - - S. M. BANCROFT, - - - E. A. BALLARD, Attorney-at-Law, V. T. BARNES, - - - RESIDENCE. - - Granger, Ohio. - - Granger, Ohio. - Hartsgrove, Ohio. - Kansas City, Missouri. _ _ - Chagrin Falls, Ohio. - - Cleveland, Ohio. Worcester, Massachusetts. - Carthage, New York. - - Cleveland, Ohio. - - Geneva, Ohio. - Bristol, Ohio. - Kenton, Ohio. REUNION OF THE NAME AND OCCUPATION. J. Q. BASS, - - - - L. M. BANCROFT, Farmer, - - JOHN B EAN, - - - - G. K. BEATTEY, - - - BYRON BEARDSLEY, Farmer, - W. F. BECHEL, Cosmopolitan, - - J. H. BEECHER, Farmer, - W. H. BEEBEE, Banker, - - C. A. BENNETT, Attorney-at-Law, - R. F. BENNETT, - - - - WM. BELLAMY, - - - D. W. BIDLAKE, Cheese Manufacturer, - C. H. BILL, Business Man, I WM. BIRD, -. C. H. BITTLES, -.- - J. D. BIGGINS, - - - - GEO. BISHOP, Student, - - H. E. BLAKE, Student, - - - ED. BLUNT, - - - - E. L. BOUGHNER, - - - C. P. BOWLER, 7th O. V. I., Killed at Ceda B. W. BOWEN, - - - - E. A. BOSWORTH, Minister, - L. C. BOOTHE, Business Man, - - JESSE BOWELL, Mail Agent, C. & P. R. R B. J. BOWELL, Student, - - - G. W. BOW, - - - B. H. BOSTWICK, - - - - CLARK BRADEN, Minister and Educator, J. BROWN, Attorney-at-Law, - - WM. BROWN, - - - - J. H. BROWN, - - - - C. BREWSTER,- - - -. C. H. BREWSTER, Farmer, - - W. D. BREWSTER, Clerk, - - M. BROWNLEE, - - - - GEO. BRADBURN, - - - I. B. BRYAN, Farmer, - - - H. C. BUCKINGHAM, Deceased, - W. K. BURR, - - - J. H. BUELL, - - - - 32 RESIDENCE. - Nelson, Ohio. - Freedom, Ohio. Garrettsville, Ohio. - Ravenna, Ohio. Stillwater, Minnesota. Montville, Ohio. Ottumwa, Iowa. Toledo, Ohio. - Mantua, Ohio. Shelby, Ohio. Detroit, Michigan. Niles, Ohio. Niles, Ohio. Perry, Illinois. - Iowa. - Auburn, Ohio. - Auburn, Ohio. Chagrin Falls, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. New Baltimore, Ohio. DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. NAME AND OCCUPATION. B. F. BURNETT, Deceased, - - - H. M. BUCK, - - - - R. W. BURNS, - - - -. A. F. BUTTS, - - - - D. W. BUCKINGHAM, Died in the army, - I. W. CANFIELD, Attorney-at-Law, J. A. CAMPBELL, - - - -. L. L. CAMPBELL, Superintendent of Schools, JAS. CARROLL, - - - - M.H.CARTER, - - - - H. W. CANFIELD, Attorney-at-Law, - - J. C. CANNON, Teacher, - - - D.C. CARSON, - - - - - G. W. CARSON, Deceased, - - GEO. CARROLL, Clerk, - - - EWING CAMERON, - - - Por W. B. CHAPMAN, Editor, - - - N. A. CHAPMAN, Farmer, - - - C. T. CHAPMAN, Penman, - - - R. L. CHAPMAN, Deceased, - - W. M. CHAPMAN, - - - - F. C. CHAMBERLAIN, Farmer, - - H. S. CHAMBERLIN, Iron Manufacturer, C W. P. CHAMBERLIN, Druggist, - - Kn G. G. CHESSMAN, - - - - G. W. CHURCH, - - - -. J. HI. CLAPP, - - - - - W. H. CLAPP, Captain U.S. A., - - CLAUDIUS CLARK, Attorney-at-Law, Gree CHAS. M. CLARK, Attorney-at-Law, - Ja H. S. CLARK, Farmer, - - EMERY COX, Farmer, - B. F. COUCH, Student, - - - H. R. COOLEY, Student, - W. COBURN, 7th O. V. I., Mort. wounded at W P. M. COWLES, Physician, - - - G. H. COULSON, - - - - O0 R. COOK, Attorney-at-Law, - - S. M. COOK, - - - - W. S. COE, - - - - - W. G. COLLINS, - - - - 33 RESIDENCE. Louisville, Ky. - Chardon, Ohio. Austintown, Ohio. - Niles, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. - Nottingham, Ohio. REUNION OF THE NAME AND OCCUPATION. M. R. COMSTOCK, Farmer, - W. H. CODDINGTON, - FRIEND COLEMAN, - - S. A. CORRELL, Farmer, - E. L. CRAIG, - - - W. H. CRAFTS, - - W. O. CRAFTS, Farmer, JEFF. CRANE, - - E. A. CRANE, Merchant, - E. B. CRANE, - - HOMER CROCKER, Clerk, - L. M. CRAMER, Farmer, - T. H. DARRAH, Deceased, - W. J. DAVIS, - - T. K. DAWSON, Physician, - G. F. DAWSON, Deceased, P. P. DAWSON, - - D. S. DAVIS, - - R. W. DAVIS, Farmer, - G. W. DEAN, - - B. S. DEAN, Minister, A. R. DEWEY, Attorney-at-Law, O. E. DEWEY, Farmer, - F. A. DERTHICK, Farmer, - H. C. DFWOLF, - - A. E. DICKENSON, - - F. C. DILLEY, - - G. Q. DOW, Accountant, W. B. DUNHAM, Coal Dealer, S. W. DUNWELL, - - H. DURKEE, Farmer, - E. E. DYSON, Farmer, - - W. M. EDDY, Physician, - S.S. EGGLESTON, Business Man E. H. EGGLESTON, Farmer, ARTHUR EGGLESTON, - ED. J. ELY, Farmer, - J. C. ELLIS, Mail Agent L. S. & M. S. R. R.,-GEO. L. ENSIGN, Teacher, - - D. W. EVANS, - - - - A. E. EVANS, - - - - 34 RESIDENCE. Richfield, Ohio. Loudon, Ontario. - Newton Falls, Ohio. - Louisiana. - Hiram Rapids, Ohio. Hiram Rapids, Ohio. Garrettsville, Ohio. Garrettsville, Ohio. -. Shalersville, Ohio. Mogadore, Ohio. - Cleveland, Ohio. Bazetta, Ohio. East Smithfield, Pennsylvania. - - Washington, Iowa. - Solon Ohio. - - Mantiial Ohio. - Hiram, Ohio. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Sharon, Pennsylvania. Freedom, Ohio. Hiram, Ohio. - -Cleveland, Ohio. - Auburn, Ohio. Hiram, Ohio. . Hiram, Ohio. Middlefield, Ohio. DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. RESIDENCE. iversity, Lexington, Ky. Newton Falls, Ohio. - Newton Falls, Ohio. ion Valley, Pennsylvania. H. G. EWING, - - - W. H. EWING, - - - J. M. FADDIS, - - - El THOS. FARLEY, - - - M. W. FENTON, - - - B.C. FESSENDEN, - - J. B. FITZPATRICK, - - - CHARLES FILLIUS, Student, - R. F. FLICK, - - - -. N.M. FLICK, Attorney-at-Law, - E. A. FORD, Railroad Man, - - R. N. FORD, Bankelr, - - H. M. FORD, Deceased, - - GEO. L. FORBES, Dealer in Live Stock, J. FOSTER, - - - - - H. FOSTER,.. JOSEPH FOX, - - - E. W. FOX, Clerk, - - - - Welshfield, Ohio. S. F. FOX, - - _ W. FOWLER, - - - - - Girard, Ohio. J. W. FULLER, - - - - R. A. GAINES, - - - - - H. W. GAGE, - - - - - W. A. GATES, Student, - - - Middlefield, Ohio. D. GAUSE, - - - - - Cleveland, Ohio. W.A.GARRETT, - - - - - L. W. GILBERT, Student, - - - Edinburgh, Ohio. R. M. GILBERT, - - - - Leetonia, Ohio. B. M. GILBERT, Bank Clerk, - - - Leetonia, Oliio. L. J. GILSON, Student, - - - Middlefield, Ohio. A. GILBREATH, - - Mantua, Ohio. C. N. GOUCHER, - - - - - Alliance, Ohio. D. A. GOUCHER, Physician, - - - Alliance, Ohio. A. M. GOLDWOOD, Employe N. O. L. Hospital, Newburgh, Ohio. W. M. GOLDIE, - - - - HOMER GOODELL, Farmer, - - Mantua Station, Ohio. O. F. GOODELL, - - - - Metz, Indiana. F.M. GREEN, Minister, - - - - Akron, Ohio. 35 - - IHudson, Ohio. - Salem, Ohio. - Newburgh, Ohio. St. Louis, Missouri. - - Burton, Ohio. Macedonia, Ohio. REUNION OF THE NAME AND OCCUPATION. A. W. GREEN, Painter, - - C. A. GREEN, Farmer, - - W. S. GREEN, Carpenter, - - JOHN GROSSMAN, - - J S. GRANGER, - - - E. N. GUTHRIE, - - - T. A. GOULD, Lightning Rod Agent, - J. M. HALE, - - - B. H. HALL, Farmer, - - - O. M. HALL, Attorney-at-Law, - F. M. HAMILTON, - - - M. P. HANCHETT, - - C. T. HANSARD, - - - D. C. HANSELMAN, Minister, - E. C. HANSELMAN, - - - S. F. HANSELMAN, Farmer, - BYRON HANK, Physician in Lunatic Asy DALLAS HANK, Employe in Lnnatic As T. C. HART, Attonley-at-Law, - S. HART, Merchant, - - - WM. HARTZELL, - - - W. A. HARVEY, Painter, - - W. R. HARRIS, Farm Superintendent, H. M. HASKINS, - - - F. C. HATFIELD, Farmer, W. A. HAIGHT, - - - J. J. HARRISON, Nurseryman, - R. J. HATHAWAY, Farmer, - W. M. HATTERY, Druggist, - J. R. HAVEN, Killed in the army, - M. P. HAYDEN, Principal Normal School W. L. HAYDEN, Minister, - - - B. H. HAYDEN, Minister, - W. W. HAYDEN, Minister, - A. S. HAYDEN, Jr., Carpenter, - W. M. HAYDEN, Student, - - D. M. HAYDEN, Student, - - E. V. HAYDEN, Student, - - C. E. HENRY, U. S. Detective, - W. F. HENRY, State's Attorney, - E. E HENRY, Teacher, - - 36 RESIDENCE. Alliance, Ohio. Hinckley, Ohio. Cleveland. - Aurora, Ohio. - Charleston, Ohio. Redwing, Minnesota. Marlboro, Ohio. Marlboro, Ohio. Angola, Indiana. Toledo, Ohio. Toledo, Ohio. Chardon, Ohio. Youngstown, Ohio. - Akron, Ohio. Raleigh, North Carolina. Charleston, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. Painesville, Ohio. Bedford, Ohio. Aurora, Illinois. - Inland, Ohio. - Callton, Ohio. West Rupert, Vermont. East Machias, Maine. - Collamer, Ohio. - Oberlin, Ohio. - - Oberlin, Ohio. - Hiram, Ohio. - - Aurora, Ohio. - Pekin, Illinois. - Evansville, Indiana. DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. NAME AND OCCUPATION. RESIDENCE. M. J. HERRICK,.. L. W. HEATH, - - - - - - B. E. HELMAN, Student, - - Washingtonville, Ohio. W. B. HIGBY, Attorney-at-Law, - - - Kansas. E. HINE, - - - - - Shalersville, Ohio. H. D. HINE, - - - - - C. W. HINE, Physician in Lunatic Asylum, - Toledo, Ohio. B. A. HINSDALE, President Hiram College, Hiram, Ohio. W. B. HINSDALE, Student, - - Wadsworth, Ohio. J. B. HINCKLEY, Farmer, - - Rural Dale, Missouri. D. G. HOPKINS, - - - - - W. D. HOFF, - - - - - West Virginia. J. F. HOY, Druggist, - - - - Akron, Ohio. C. A. HOADLEY, - - - Garden Grove, Iowa. F. T. HOWARD, - - - - - ORLO. HUBBARD, - - - - Parkman, Ohio. - 0. C. HUBBELL, Superintendent of Schools, - Bedford, Ohio. W. I. HUDSON, Attorney-at-Law, - Cleveland, Ohio. D. C. HUDSON, Deceased, - - - D. HUGHES, - - - - - Sharon, Ohio. J. W. HUGHES, - - - - Sharon, Pennsylvania. R. N. HULL, Ink Manufacturer and Tol)bacconist, Cleveland, Ohio. B. HULL, Farmer, - - - - Burgh Hill, Ohio. M. HUMESTON, -.. E. S. HUNT,- - - - - - E. HURD, - - - - - Ravenna, Ohio. I. HUTCHINSON, - - - - - V. D. HYDE, Deceased, - - - D. C. INGEL, Farmer, - - - - Mantua, Ohio. T.C. JACOBS, - _ _ H. B. JACKSON, Attorney-at-Law, - - Wisconsin. H. M. JAMES, Assistant Superintendent Schools, Cleveland, Ohio. M. M. JEWETT, Druggist, - - Akron, Ohio. H. W. JOHNSON, Chair Manufacturer, - Michigan City, Mich. G. J. JOHNSTON, - - - - G. K. JOHNSTON, - - - - - J. B. JOHNSON, Deceased, March 30th, 1875, W. M. JOHNSON, - - - - A. H. JOHNSON, - - - - J. A. JONES, - - - - South Amherst, Ohio. J. V. JONES, - - - - - 4 37 REUNION OF THE NAME AND OCCUPATION. H. M. JONES, - - - T. H. JONES, - - - -. G. F. KENT, Auctioneer, - - P.S. KIMBERLEY, Iron Manufacturer, M. J. KING, - - - CHARLES KNEELAND, Physician, M. A. KNEELAND, Attorney-at-Law, E. S. KNEELAND, Sewing-Machine Ag V. P. KLINE, Attorney-at-Law, - OTIS KYLE, - - - -. CHAS. LAMPHERE, Deceased, - J. H. LAMPHERE, - - - G. LANGWORTHY, - - WM. LATHROP, JR., - - - A. H. LATHAM, Student, - J. D. LAUGHLIN, Minister, - - A. J. LAUGHLIN, Minister, E.G. LAUGHLIN, Teacher, - - W. E. LAWLESS, - - J. R. LEARNED, Lumber Dealer, E. L. LEMERT, Farmer, - - R. LEDWELL, - - - W. LEET, - - - - G. T. LEWIS, - - - - W. S. LLOYD, - - - H. K. LOOMIS, - - - B. LOUGHEAD, Student, - J. B. LUSE, - - - - W. E. MAXON, Attorney-at-Law, G. W. MASON, Attorney-at-Law, J. H. MANCHESTER, - - W. U. MASTERS, Accountant, C. G. MACKEY, Deceased, A. B. MATHEWS, Business Man, H. D. MARCY, - - - S. A. McFARLAND, - - - A. B. McCLEERY, Farmer, F. C. McMILLIN, Student, T. H. McCORMICK, - - J. McCORMICK, - - - J. B. McCLEERY, Minister, 38 - Warren, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio.' Mineral Ridge, Ohio. Welshfield, Ohio. - Dayton, Ohio. Greencastle, Indiana. - Dayton, Ohio. Port Austin, Michigan. - - Perryton, Ohio. - Vienna, Ohio. Garrettsvi]le, Ohio. - Cleveland, Ohio. - Cleveland, Ohio. - Bazetta, Ohio. Shelby, Ohio. - New York City. - Leavenworth, Kansas. DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. NAME AND OCCUPATION. H. M. MERTZ, Teacher, - - V F. W. MERRIAM, Jeweler, - - M. G MERRIAM, - - - S. P. MERRILLS, Teacher, - - - E. MESSERSMITH, Accountant, S. METZLER, - - - -. O. P. MILLER, Minister, - - C. H. MITCHELL, Teacher, - - J. B. MILLS, Teacher, - - W. A. MILNER, - - - -. NEWELL MIX, - - - O. A. MOFFET, - - - -. G. A. MOFFET, - - - ROBT. MOFFETT, Minister, - - JOHN MOFFETT, Farmer. - - S. MOFFETT, - - - - W. W. MOORE, Farmer, - - M. W. MOORE, - - - - A. A. MONROE, - - - W. B. MORSE, - - - - H. L. MORGAN, Farmer, - - W. T. MORGAN, - - - -. G. C. MORGAN, - - - FRANK MOTT, Druggist, - - - F. A. NASH, - - - - J. S. NEWBERRY,- - - - H. O. NEWCOMB, Deceased, - O. R. NEWCOMB, Deceased. - - F. A. NICHOLS, - - - H. C. NICHOLS, Farmer, - - - JAMES NORTON, Justice of Peace, H. C. NORVILLE, Died in Army, J. S. OSGOOD, - - - O. Q. OVIATT, - - - - T. C. PARSONS, Insurance Agenlt, - E. PATCHIN, - - - -. L. T. PATCHIN,- - - -. S. PATCHIN, Fancy Goods Merchant, - N. A. PATTERSON, Deceased, - L. PACKARD, - - - - J. E. PARDEE, Broker, - - 39 RESIDENCE. rheeling, West Virginia. - Warren, Ohio. - Hiram, Ohio. East Rockport, Ohio. Sharon, Pennsylvania. - Eden, Ohio. Louisville, Kentucky. Williamsville, Illinois. - Nelson, Ohio. - Alliance, Ohio. - Atwater, Ohio. - Burton, Ohio. Bedford, Ohio, Lanark, Illinois. - Mantua, Ohio. Mogadore, Ohio. Newburgh, Ohio. - Newburgh, Ohio. - Paris, Ohio. Garrettsville, Ohio. - Freedom, Ohio. Garrettsville, Ohio. Streetsboro, Ohio. - Aurora, Ohio. Cleveland, Ohio. - Chardon, Ohio. - Burton, Ohio. - Chardon, Ohio. New York City. REUNION OF THE NAME AND OCCUPATION. O. H. PALMER, Physician, HENRY PARMLEY, Dentist, - S. PAYNE, - - - - C. C. PAYNE, Student, - A. H. PETTIBONE, Attorney-at-Law, W. H. PELTON, Farmer, - - S. W. PETERS, Student, - - W. N. PHELPS, Deceased, Drowned in L. M. PINKERTON, Tobacconist, E. H. PLOWE, Music Teacher, F. F. PLUM, Teacher, - - J. T. POOL, - - - GEO. POW, -. J. PORTER, Teacher, - - C. F. PORTER, Student, A. F. PRICE, - - - -. G. G. PRATT, - - - M. F. PRATT, - - - P. M. PRITCHARD, Student, - - W. H. PREHM, Deceased. - - T. N. PULSIPHER, Died in Army, H. C. RANDALL, - - - C. A. REED, Attorney-at-Law, - G. C. REED, Minister, - - M. H. REAVES, - - - H. M. REESER, Farmer, - - J. H. RHODES, Attorney-at-Law, J. W. ROBBINS, Editor, - - L. H. ROBBINS, Lumber Merchant H. B. ROBINSON, Farmer, - - J. K. ROBINSON, Farmer, G. A. ROBERTSON, Teacher P. ROCK, - -. D. L. ROCKWELL, JR., Attorney-at-L: C. O. ROCKWELL, Clerk, F. D. RICHARDS, - - - M. J. RICHARDS, Farmer, - E. C. RICE, Farmer, - - -. EDWIN ROGERS, Minister, J. W. ROGERS, - - J. F. RODEFER, Student, 40 RESIDENCE. - Farmington, Ohio. New Orleans, Louisiana. - Garrettsville, Ohio. - Greenville, Tennessee. - Dakota. - - Girard, Ohio. - Warren, Ohio. Eureka, Illinois. - Mantua, Ohio. - Salem, Ohio. Shalersville, Ohio. - Edinburgh, Ohio. Ravenna, Ohio. Baton Rouge, Louisiana. - Cleveland, Ohio. Louisiana, Winter'62-'63. - Chardon, Ohio. - - Ravenna, Ohio. - - Milton, Ohio. - Cleveland, Ohio. - Macon, Mississippi. - Cleveland, Ohio. - Bedford, Ohio. Kansas City, Missouri. - Bloomfield. Ohio. - Newburgh, Ohio. - Kent, Ohio. St. Louis, Missouri. Cleveland, Ohio. - Auburn, Ohio. - Canfield, Ohio. - Bellaire, Ohio. DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. NAME AND OCCUPATION. O. E. ROOT, Gardener, - - - J. W. ROOT, Student, - - - C. W. ROOT, Farmer, - - - J. S. ROSS, Minister, - - - WM. ROSS, - - - - - E. C. ROSS, Physician, - - - A. M. RUSSELL, - - - - L. E. RUSSELL, Attorney-at-Law, E. RUSSELL, - - - H. Y. RUSSELL, - - - - E. RUSH, - - - - - C. H. RYDER, Student, - - - J. SAXON, - - - - - H. B. SATTERLEE, Fruiter, - J. SANDS, - - - GEO. SCOTT, - - - J. F. SCOTT, Clerk, - J. A. SCULLY, - - - - S. A. SESSIONS, Teacher, - J. L. SHERMAN, - - - G. SHIPHERD, - - - - C. F. SHEPHERD, - - F. D. SHELDON, Farmer, - J. A. SHULTZ, - - - - LESLIE SHAW, - - - - W. H. SMITH, Died of disease contracted in J. H. SMITH, Died of disease contracted in H. H. SMITH, Farmer, - - - G. R. SMITH, - - - - J. C. SMITH, - - - -. W. S. SMITH, Merchant, - - -T. A. SNOW, Real Estate Agent, - - F. SPINK, - - - - - J. T. SPINK, Farmer, - - - A. S. SPERRY, Drain Pipe Manufacturer, G. W. SPENCER, Student, - - - W. A. SPENCER, Deceased. - - H. A. SPENCER, Teacher Penmanship, H. C. SPENCER, Teacher Penmanship, - R. O. SPENCER, - - - - W. H. SPOFFORD,.. 41 RESIDENCE. - Mentor, Ohio. Bissell, Ohio. - Aurora, Ohio. Mineral Ridge, Ohio. Malvern, Ohio. Geneva, Ohio. - Burton, Ohio. - Girard, Ohio. Hiram, Ohio. Bristol, Ohio. Austintown, Ohio. - Warren, Ohio. Tallmadge, Ohio. -'Newburgh, Ohio. Arlington, Illinois. Newton Falls, Ohio. Twinsburgh, Ohio. - Greene, Ohio. Chicago, Illinois. - Mantua, Ohio. Mantua, Ohio. Tallmadge, Ohio. Freedom, Ohio. Shreveport, Texas. Washington, D. C. REUNION OF THE NAME AND OCCUPATION. J. M. STEWART, Attorney-at-Law, - C. M. STURTEVANT, - - F. H. STILLMAN, - - - W. R. STOKELEY, - - - L. W. STOKELEY, - - - A. C. STRIVER, - - - B. T. STAFFORD, Student, - - R. STANHOPE, Student, - - J. W. STRAWN, -. F. L. SUMMY, Attorney-at-Law, - P. M. SUTLIFF, - - - -. P. I. SQUIRE, - - - J. P. TEEPLE, Accountant, - AARON TEEPLE, Farmer, - A. R. TEACHOUT, Lumber Merchant, F. THORNE, - - - -. C. THORNE, - - - D. P. THAYER, Minister; - - H. E. THAYER, Student, - - L. A. THAYER, Clerk, - - O. THOMPSON, - - - - J. R. THOMPSON, Minister, L. L. THOMPSON, Hotel Keeper, W. B. THOMAS, Attorney-at-Law,F. F. THOMAS, - - - - W. H. THOMAS, - - - GEO. TINKER, - - - - A. E. TILDEN, - - - J. TOUSLEY, - - - -. J. H. TRUNKEY, - - - A. J. TRUNKEY, - - - -. F. TREUDLEY, Student, - E. H. TUCKER, - - - - LLOYD TUTTLE, - - - M. W. TUTTLE, - - - - A. C. TUTTLE, - - - C. W. TUTTLE, Farmer, - - - S. G. TUTTLE, - - - H. C TUTTLE, Clothing Merchant, - F. E. UDELL, Willow-ware Merchant, H. D. UDALL, Photographer, - 42 RESIDENCE. - Cleveland, Ohio. New Orleans, Louisiana. New Orleans, Louisiana. Cleveland, Ohio. - Hiram, Ohio. Washington, D. C. - Warren, Ohio. - Akron, Ohio. - - Akron, Ohio. - Cleveland, Ohio. - Garrettsville, Ohio. Garrettsville, Ohio. - Lordstown, Ohio. - Freedom, Ohio. - Warren, Ohio. - Chester, Ohio. - Ravenna, Ohio. - Ravenna, Ohio. Mantua, Ohio. - Ottawa, Ohio. Burgh Hill, Ohio. - Burgh Hill, Ohio. - Youngstown, Ohio. - Burton, Ohio. Mentor, Ohio. Burton, Ohio. St. Louis, Missouri. GarrettsVille, Ohio. DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. NAME AND OCCUPATION. RESIDENCE. W. S. UDALL, Liveryman, - - - - Hiram, Ohio. C. A. UHL, Merchant, - - - - Cleveland, Ohio. F. E. UNDERWOOD, Druggist, - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. J. M. VAN HORN, Minister, - - - Wellsville, Ohio. B. VANATOR, Minister, - - - Charlottesville, Ohio. W. VANATOR, - - - - - F. H. VAN ALLEN, Student, - - - Mantua, Ohio. TOWNSEND VAN VOORHEES, Farmer, Bladensburgh, Indiana. E. B. WAKEFIELD, Minister, - - F. E. WARREN, Student-at-Law, - A. B. WAY, - - - - J. S. WAGAR, Merchant, - - C. WEBSTER, - - - - A. B. WELLS, - - - E. B. WELLS, - - - - H. C. WETMORE, - - - R. WHlTTLESEY, - - - A. C. WHITE, Inventor, - - J. B. WHITNEY, - - - - W. P. WIGHTMAN, - - - O. S. WILSON, - - - - C. P. WILSON, Student, - - ELIOT WILSON, Student-at-Law, A. C. WILSON, - - - -. F. A. WILLIAMS, Died in army,'62, - W. B. WILLIAMS, - - W. P. WILLIAMSON, Killed in the army, J. O. WILLIAMSON, Farmer, A. WILCOX, Minister, - - - ERNEST WILMOT, Student-at-Law, E. S. WOODWORTH - - - D. W. WOODWORTH, Physician, J. H. WOODWARD, - - - B. F. WOOD, Farmer, - - G. M. D. WOODS, - - - D. WOODS, - - - J. WOOLCUTT, - - - - G. E. WRIGHT, - - - G. W. WRIGHT, - - - - W. R. YORK, - - - - GEO. W. YOST, - - - - TOTAL, - - - 43 Muir, Michigan. - Mentor, Ohio. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. - Windsor Mills, Ohio. - Cleveland, Ohio. - Newton Falls, Ohio. - Cleveland, Ohio. - Newton Falls, Ohio. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. - Cleveland, Ohio. - Ravenna, Ohio. Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Pontiac, Michigan. - Woodford, Illinois. Corry, Pennsylvania. -.515. SUMMARIES. I. RESIDENCES. So far as ascertained, twenty-nine members of the Society have died. The living, so far as accessible information shows, are distributed by States, as follows: Dakota, District of Columbia, Illinois, - ..- - 5 Ioa. -.... - - 4 - 2 Ketuky.. - -.. - - 3 Loisaa, -- - - 5 Mane. - -.. -- 1 Masacustt, - - - - - 1 Mihian.. - -.. - - 6 New York, - - - - - - - 1 o - _ - - - 245 _._._._ 8 Onaro, - - - - - - 1 .en.lvni-. 3 Veront -- - - - 245 WsVigna- - -- - 2 9 -3 -1 - ~~~2 -2 318 II. OCCUPATIONS. The callings of the living, so far as the committee has been able to ascertain them, are exhibited in the following table: Accountants, - - - - - - - 4 Agents, - Attorneys-at-Law, Auctioneer, ,- 4' — 1 2 6 Indiana, - Iowa. Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, - Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, - Missouri, North Carolina, New York, Ohio, - - Ontario, - Pennsylvania, - Texas, Tennessee, Vermont, West Virginia, - Wisconsin, 7 - 29 1 DELPHIC LITERARY SOCIETY. 45 Brokers and Bankers, - -.. 3 Business Men, - - - - - - - 5 Carpenters, - - - - - - - 2 Cheese Manufacturer, - - - - - - 1 Clerks, - - -. 7 Coal Dealer, - - - - - - 1 College President, - - - - - - 1 College Professor, - - - - - 1 Cosmopolitan, - - - - - - 1 Druggists, - - - - - - - 6 Dentist, - - - - - - - 1 Drain Pipe Manufacturer, - - - - - 1 Editors, - - - - - - - 2 Farmers, - - - - - - - 50 Fruiter, - - - - - - - 1 Gardener, - - - - - - - 1 Hotel Keeper, - - - - - - - 1 Insane Hospital Employes, - - - - - 2 Inventor, - - - - - - 1 Ink Manufacturer, - - - - - - 1 Insurance Man, - - - - - 1 Iron Manufacturers, - - - - - 2 Jeweler, - - - - - - - 1 Justice of the Peace, - - - - - - 1 Liveryman, - - -- 1 Mail Agents, - - - - - 2 Merchants, - - - - - - 8. Ministers, - - - - - - - 23 Music Teacher, - - - - 1 Nurseryman, - - - - - - - 1 Painters, - - - - - - 2 Photographer, - - - - - - - 1 Physicians, - - - - - 10 Railroad Man, - - 1 Soldier, - - - - 1 Students-at-Law, - - - - 3 Students in College, - - - - - - 30 Teachers, - - - - - - - 18 Tobacconist, - - - - - - - 1 United States Detective, - - - - 1 Total, - - - - - - 239 Not known, - - - - - 79