A Historic College

Antioch College recently received a historic marker courtesy of the Ohio Heritage Marker Program, which is part of the state bicentennial commission. Visit their website at www.ohio200.org/markers. The marker reads as follows: “Chartered in 1852 by the Christian Church and later a Unitarian institution, Antioch College opened with educational pioneer Horace Mann as its first president. One of the earliest coeducational colleges in the United States, from its inception Antioch promoted humanistic and egalitarian values. In 1920 Arthur E. Morgan became president and initiated a widely emulated cooperative work-study program. The Antioch Review, one of America’s most distinctive literary magazines, began publication in 1941. In 1978 the College reincorporated as part of Antioch University, a multi-campus system headquartered in Yellow Springs.” Thanks, in part, to the good work of Scott Sanders, University Archivist, the plaque will be placed in front of Main Building, facing Livermore Street.

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