Box 1
Container
Contains 104 Results:
Expects to ship boxes the next day; what books and other items for his room that were enclosed; Homer’s grades; thoughts about different word to have used in his letter; encloses bill of lading from the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway Company for three boxes; suggests investigating the library and using it to advantage; boys not interfering with his work, 1904-10-04
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1904-10-04
Suggestions for telling him when he needs money and how he would like him to pay for things; concern about unruly boys and whether they disturb or annoy him; offer from friend to take anything he might need to Oxford; request for information about the gymnasium; taking advantage of attending lectures, 1904-10-07
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1904-10-07
How much the family appreciates his letters; caution about his spelling and letting careless habits “mar an otherwise excellent manuscript;” appreciating the advantages of a college course and the value of seeing “distinguished visitors”; glad for detailed account of rush and that it is over; how physical contests antagonize the purpose of college training; glad he will be attending series of sermons to young men; trying to do everything he can to better his mental, moral and physical nature; Homer’s 100 on geometry test; sending four literature volumes , 1904-10-12
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 6
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1904-10-12
Importance of conserving his strength and time until he has fully regained his health and position in studies; cannot afford to keep struggling against ill health and overwork due to loss of time from sickness; cannot afford to drop out; pleased by respect and consideration shown him by the faculty, 1905-02-08
Item — Box: 1, Folder: 31
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The collection begins with letters that John Ballinger wrote to his son, Horace, while Horace was a student at Miami University. Letters sent early in Horace's freshman year discuss expenses associated with attending school and advice to Horace not to join a fraternity or participate in flag rush so that he can concentrate on his studies. After Horace requests that his father send him several books from home, his father suggests in a letter written October 4, 1904 that "there must be some...
Dates:
1905-02-08