Ohio University bulletin Summer school, 1909 . ity. It wascaused by bringing together at an unfortunatetime two elements diametrically opposed toeach other that could not properly combine. I am not prepared to admit that the Stantonadministration was a failure. It was as suc-cessful as any one in like position could havemade it. Dr. Stanton, as has been said before,was a preacher. He had never shown, priorto his induction into office at Miami, con-spicuous ability as a teacher or business Board of Trustees demanded a preacherto fill the executive chair and it got in liberalmeasure just
Ohio University bulletin Summer school, 1909 . ity. It wascaused by bringing together at an unfortunatetime two elements diametrically opposed toeach other that could not properly combine. I am not prepared to admit that the Stantonadministration was a failure. It was as suc-cessful as any one in like position could havemade it. Dr. Stanton, as has been said before,was a preacher. He had never shown, priorto his induction into office at Miami, con-spicuous ability as a teacher or business Board of Trustees demanded a preacherto fill the executive chair and it got in liberalmeasure just what it set out to secure. Dr. Stanton compared favorably with hispredecessors in office in all the qualificationsin his day deemed most necessary to fit oneto fill acceptably the executive chair of aneducational institution lit-e Miami. He failedto secure financial support from either Church 114 OHIO UNIVERSITY BULLETIN or State. Others in like circumstances hadfailed before him. The endowment funddid not come at his asking. It is extremely. WM. F. COPELAND, Ph. M., Ph. D.,Professor of Elementary Science doubtful whether any one else could havemade solicitation for financial aid with betterresult. There was no lowering of scholasticstandards, no weakening of moral fiber, nodimming of the view to high ideals of man-hood within the student body, so long as held post at Miami. A large student enrollment is not alwaysa sure indication of institutional by the enrollment record, Dr. Stan-tons administration was successful beyondthat of others who have had more creditthan he received for executive the period covered by Dr. Stan-tons administration. Dr. Solomon Howard, , occupied the executive chairat Ohio University, at Athens. It has beenstated that Ohio and Miami had similar con-ditions about them in those days—as theyyet have. Dr. Howard had no unusually un-friendly forces against which to and Church were indi
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