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Ohio Northern University

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Ohio Northern University Students on Campus.jpg
A group of male and female students gathered on the campus of Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio, July 1908. The image is a photographic postcard that was mailed by a student pictured in the group to his

In 1871, Henry Solomon Lehr established Ohio Northern University in Ada, Ohio. Lehr had been teaching college-level courses in the community since 1866. He served as the town schoolmaster and taught these more difficult classes to interested people in the evenings. By 1870, his evening classes had become so popular, Lehr convinced Ada residents to help him establish a college.

Ohio Northern University was originally known as the Northwestern Ohio Normal School. Originally, the school was to just train teachers, but very quickly Ohio Northern University began offering other majors designed to meet the needs of its students. Illustrating this expanded curriculum, the school was renamed the Ohio Normal University in 1885. From its beginnings, the institution was coeducational.

During Ohio Northern University

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