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THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY TIMELINE 1870 TO 1899 |
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| 1870 | Cannon Act provides for the creation of the Ohio
Agricultural and Mechanical College Trustees vote to purchase the Neil Farm as the site of the campus for the new college |
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| 1871 | Trustees accept architectural plans for the first classroom building, University Hall | |
| 1873 | Trustees decide to have the college offer a broad
curriculum, rather than agriculture and engineering only College opens its doors on September 17, with 25 students, including two women, the daughters of Professor Norton Townshend |
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| 1875 | The first dormitory, North Dormitory is in use | |
| 1876 | Faculty approves the establishment of OSU's Franklin
Baseball Club Faculty refuses students permission to hold a dancing party in University Hall after an evening lecture |
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| 1877 | Trustees vote to reduce faculty salaries until enrollment passes 200, which was reached the next year. | |
| 1878 | Name
changed to The Ohio State University from The Ohio
Agricultural and Mechanical College Students select the official colors of The Ohio State University as scarlet and grey First class of six graduates on June 19 |
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| 1879 | University offers free lectures on farming, the first
example of extension service at OSU Mary Frank Morrison becomes first woman to receive a B.S. degree from OSU |
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| 1881 | Trustees order that attendance at daily chapel exercises be
compulsory for all students Trustees decide that electric light was not practical for OSU at this time Walter Quincy Scott becomes the second president of The Ohio State University, and its youngest in history, following Edward Orton's retirement |
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| 1882 | Ohio legislature creates the Agricultural Experiment Station, which was to become the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center and later to relocate in Wooster, Ohio | |
| 1883 | President Walter Q. Scott fails to be re-appointed and is succeeded by William Henry Scott | |
| 1886 | First M.A. degree awarded to Annie Ware Sabine of Columbus | |
| 1887 | Former U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes becomes a trustee Demerit system in which students accumulated points when breaking rules and that led to automatic expulsion is abolished |
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| 1890 | First
Doctor of Science degree awarded Football begins as an organized sport |
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| 1891 | Hysell Act yields special tax levy in support of the
university Trustees vote to establish a School of Law Trustees provide for an athletic field Enrollment exceeds 500 for the first time (664) |
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| 1893 | Hayes
and Orton Halls are completed Olive Branch Jones is appointed as the first full-time librarian and serves until 1927 |
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| 1894 | The Onion Club is established as the "strongest" organization of students on the campus | |
| 1895 | Purchase of first typewriter is approved Enlargement of Mirror Lake makes it a popular place on campus James H. Canfield is elected president |
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| 1896 | OSU
ends its preparatory school, evidence that there are
sufficient numbers of high schools in Ohio to prepare
students for admission to the university First foreign student receives B.A. from OSU |
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| 1897 | First
OSU-Michigan football game, which Michigan won Students number more than 1,000 for the first time (1150) |
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| 1898 | Athletic Board is organized to regulate student athletics Townshend Hall is dedicated First OSU basketball game is played against North High School Trustees authorize the providing of food for campus squirrels |
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| 1899 | William Oxley Thompson is elected president College of dentistry is authorized |
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