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Activism has played an important role in the history of Ohio Wesleyan University;〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Why OWU )〕〔Hubbart, p. 10〕 The founders of Ohio Wesleyan University expressed a hope that the university "is forever to be conducted on the most liberal principles."〔Alexander, William M. "Ohio Wesleyan University". ''Peabody Journal of Education'', Vol. 38, No. 4 (Jan., 1961), pp. 200-203.〕 OWU has espoused activism in its academic philosophy.〔Tull, p. 40, pp. 127-132.〕 Alumni of the school have prominently engaged in controversial issues of their times on three central issues — the scope of justice; distributive justice based on race, gender, and income; and institutions related to preserving social structures.〔〔Tull, p. 132.〕 ==Early history== On August 5, 1846, the university's first president, Edward Thomson, delivered his inaugural address. He maintained that the college was a product of the liberality of the people of Delaware, and it was fortunate that Ohio Wesleyan was founded in a community divided in religious and political opinions; Thomson believed that the friction of a mixed society prevented dogmatism and developed energy. The spirit of the college, he said, is the spirit of liberty.〔Hubbart, p. 22〕 Thomson stated in the early days of Wesleyan that a college education should be a barrier to avarice by furnishing "the understanding, the taste, and the perspective that directs us to life's higher purposes ... It would serve political tranquillity, both by accrediting the truly apt candidates for office and by creating citizenry astutely able to assert its liberty against any government's tendency to encroach".〔Burtchaell, p. 300〕 Thomson was frequently vocal in the national political debates of his time, notably slavery and the expansion of the United States.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia )〕 In 1857 he denounced the argument that southern Christians The Underground Railroad, used as a "transportation system" for anti-slavery activists to free black slaves fleeing from the South to Canada, was extensively utilized in Ohio. In the 19th century, Ohio had one of the most active Underground Railroad operations in the nation.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 River-To-Lake Freedom Trail )〕 One of the state's most frequently used corridors on the Underground Railroad passed through Delaware County near Ohio Wesleyan University, now marked along the bikeway trail at U.S. Routes 23 and 36 in the city of Delaware. Elizabeth Boynton Harbert (class of 1864), a women's suffrage activist, published several books on women's issues and suffrage, ''Out of Her Sphere'' and ''The Woman's Kingdom'', and was the chief editor of a women's suffrage newspaper, ''The New Era'', in 1885〔Rakow, Lana (1990). ''The Revolution in words: Righting Women 1868-1871'', page 263. Toronto, Ontario: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-25689-5〕 Despite women's suffrage being a controversial issue, Harbert became an associate president of the World's Unity League, vice-president of the Woman's Civic League of Pasadena, vice-president of the Southern California Woman's Press Association, and president of the National Household Economic Association.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Harbert, Elizabeth Boynton, b. 1845. Series II of the Mary Earhart Dillon Collection, 1870-1939: A Finding Aid )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Activism at Ohio Wesleyan University」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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