PRELIMINARY NOTE.

To make arrangements for the celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the founding of Marietta College, the following committees were appointed in 1884:

By the Trustees: Mr. Beman Gates, Mr. M. P. Wells, and Gen. R. R. Dawes.

By the Alumni Association: Dr. J. D. Cotton, Mr. John Mills, and Mr. Charles G. Dawes.

By the Faculty: Professors T. D. Biscoe, O. H. Mitchell, and M. R. Andrews.

These three committees having been organized as a general committee, with Mr. Beman Gates, Chairman, and Professor O. H. Mitchell, Secretary, arrangements were made for the celebration of the anniversary. A circular was prepared extending a cordial invitation to all the Alumni and other former students, to the honorary Alumni, to donors and other friends of the institution. In response to the suggestion of the committee the citizens of Marietta and Harmar generously proffered the hospitality of their homes to all who might be present at the celebration.

The Committee requested the Rev. Dr. Israel W. Andrews, President of the College, to prepare the Historical Discourse for the occasion, to be delivered on the forenoon of Commencement day, Wednesday, July 1.

The following gentlemen were also requested to deliver addresses: Hon. William P. Cutler, Marietta, a Trustee since 1849, an address memorial of the Founders of the College; Rev. Dr. Joseph F. Tuttle, President of Wabash College, of the class of 1841, an address memorial of the Original