Clarke Historical Library
Central Michigan University
Finding aid for
Central Michigan University. Office of the President, President Eugene C. Warriner Papers
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Marian Matyn
Summary Information
Central Michigan University. Office of the President, President Eugene C. Warriner Papers,
Central Michigan University. Office of the President.
1882, 2002, and undated
3.5 cubic feet (in 5 boxes)
The collection includes the following series, biographical information, photographs, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, speeches, and subject files documenting Eugene C. Warriner's tenure as Central Michigan University's president, 1970, 1989.
MSS.
The material is in English
Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University250 East Preston Street
Mount Pleasant, MI 48859
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Fax: 989-774-2160
Email: clarke@cmich.edu
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Arrangement
Arrangement is alphabetical and chronological within each series.
History
Biography:
Eugene Clarence Warriner was born in the village of Earlville (Dixon County, Ill.) in 1866. He graduated from high school in 1884 and then taught in rural schools there for three years.
Warriner earned an A.B., with honors, from the University of Michigan in 1891. He continued graduate studies in Greek and Latin for one year. Later, Dr. Warriner Pursued graduate degrees at Clarke, Harvard, and Columbia universities.
In 1892 he became the principal of Battle Creek High School. Three years later, Dr. Warriner became the principal of East Saginaw High School. In 1899, he became superintendent of the Saginaw school system, a position in which he served for 18 years.
Dr. Warriner was licensed to preach as a Methodist Episcopal minister in 1913.
While an educator and superintendent of Saginaw Public Schools, 1896-1918, Warriner became a firm believer in the peace through law movement and the integration of its principles into public education. He was a strong advocate of and involved with international peace organizations in the period before World War I, including the peace through law movement and the American School Peace League. The League worked to incorporate a peace studies curriculum into K-12 American schools. The curriculum was designed to re-orient public education to encourage the study of “peace heroes” and provide a comprehensive program in the areas of moral, social and intellectual development. The movement also proposed an annual “Peace day” on May 18, the date that the first Hague Peace Conference was convened in 1899. The day was widely recognized throughout the U.S. and promoted by the Department of the Interior (where the then Bureau of Education was located). Warriner directed Saginaw teachers to teach peace through law to children in multiple grade levels. He was also involved in the organizations’ state affiliate and served as president of the organization in 1910. World War I split the membership of the peace through law movement. Warriner sided with those who decided to support the American war effort. Although WWI ended the peace movement in the U.S., many of the education ideas the movement endorsed continued to exist in American educational curriculum as aspects of “good citizenship.” (This information is from “Professor Hope May: CMU President Warriner and WWI Peace Movement,” Clarke blog, March 2, 2013, her research and publications on the topic.) For more information see the finding aid.
During the summer of 1908, Dr. Warriner traveled in Germany, studying its industrial schools. In the same year he became associated with Central State Normal College, later Central Michigan University (CMU), as a Summer Session instructor. Following President Charles T. Grawn’s resignation, Dr. Warriner was elected President of CMU, by the State Board of Education in 1918. He served in the position for 21 years, until he retired in 1939.
While Dr. Warriner was president at CMU, the college grew from fewer than five hundred students to nearly a thousand. He led the college through the difficult years of World War I, the 1918 flu epidemic, the Great Depression, and two disastrous fires. He retired in June of 1939.
Among his honorary degrees, Dr. Warriner received an honorary M.A. degree was conferred by the University of Michigan in 1912, and a LL.D. by Alma College in 1938. He also received a varsity letter “C” at the 1937 CMU football banquet. Members of the football and basketball teams presented him with gold trophies.
Dr. Warriner married Ellen, with whom he had two sons, John E. and Paul (d. 1917), and a daughter, Mrs. Harold Bohn.
On July 20, 1945, Dr. Warriner died at Bayview Hospital. His summer home was in Bayview. He had been in ill health for several years. He was survived by his wife, son, John E., and daughter.
Dr. Warriner is remembered as a great educator who had a powerful influence on a generation of Saginaw men and women, and hundreds of CMU students. A special memorial service was held for him in Warriner Hall, CMU’s administration building, which was named in his honor, on February 17, 1946. (This information is from the collection.)
Collection Scope and Content Note
The collection is organized by the following series: Biographical Materials, Correspondence, Meeting Minutes, Photographs, Reports, Speeches, and Subject Files. Dr. Warriner’s personal papers, 1885, 2002, including Biographical Information, such as his Obituary, 1945, and Memorial Service Materials, 1946; a Scrapbook, undated, ca. 1890; Photographs, undated; his Diaries and Date Books, 1885, 1903, 1905-1906, 1929-1937; his License to Preach, 1913; and related newspaper articles (copies). Other series in the collection include Correspondence, which includes personal correspondence, such as about the death of his son Paul Warriner, 1917, and professional correspondence, 1902-1939, undated; Meeting Minutes of various CMU organizations and committees, 1932-1940; Reports of CMU and educational organizations, 1919,1939; Speeches Dr. Warriner gave, 1906, 1942, undated; Subject Files, 1907-1948 and two student papers about him, 1952, and undated; and his Writings and Speeches, 1900-1935, undated. Lastly, there is a box of 3 x 5 inch index cards, indexing his correspondence, 1992-1939, undated.
The collection provides good documentation on Warriner, his interests, ideas, and education and CMU related issues of interest during his tenure as CMU’s president.
Items of note specifically related to Warriner’s interest, views and work related to peace and related issues include: (all in Box 2 folders): in Correspondence: Peace, 1911-1916, 1919: numerous correspondence related to peace, most notably the American School Peace League Letterhead letter about the Celebration Peace Day, April 12, 1915; in Speeches, Miscellaneous-Peace Papers, 1912-1913: the rare newspaper-style undated facsimile about Kellogg-Briand Pact “Si Vis Pacem, Para Pacem;” and in Subject file: American Association of Teacher College, Standards, 1926-1927: his handwritten draft, Essay on Socrates.
Subject Terms
- Warriner, Eugene C.
- Central Michigan University. Office of the President.
- Central Michigan University--History.
- Central Michigan University--Administration.
- Central Michigan University--Football.
- Central Michigan University--Presidents.
- American School Peace League.
- Prohibition.
- Temperance.
- Women--Suffrage--United States.
- Mount Pleasant (Mich.)--History.
- Warriner, Eugene C.
Contents List
| Container / Location |
Title |
| |
Central Michigan University. Office of the President, President Eugene C. Warriner Papers. [series]: |
| Box 1 |
F 1 |
Biographical Materials, Biographical Information, includes Obituary, July 27, 1945; Memorial Service Materials), 1927, 2002 (scattered) |
| Box 1 |
F 2 |
Biographical Materials, Diaries (2 volumes), 1885, 1903 |
| Box 1 |
F 3 |
Biographical Materials, Diaries (3 volumes), 1905-1906 |
| Box 1 |
F 4 |
Biographical Materials, Diaries / Date Books (2 volumes), 1929-1930 |
| Box 1 |
F 5 |
Biographical Materials, Diaries / Date Books (2 volumes), 1931-1932 |
| Box 1 |
F 6 |
Biographical Materials, Diaries / Date Books (2 volumes), 1934-1935 |
| Box 1 |
F 7 |
Biographical Materials, Diaries / Date Books (2 volumes), 1935-1936 |
| Box 1 |
F 7 |
Biographical Materials, Diary / Date Book (1 volume), 1937 |
| Box 1 |
F 8 |
Biographical Materials, Preaching License, 1913 |
| Box 1 |
F 9 |
Biographical Materials, Scrapbook, undated, circa 1890 |
| Box 1 |
F 10 |
Biographical Materials, Trip to Germany, 1907 |
| Box 1 |
F 11 |
Budget Expenditures, 1931-1933, 1936-1940 |
| Box 1 |
F 12 |
Correspondence, Assemblies, 1935-1936 |
| Box 1 |
F 13 |
Correspondence, Barnes, Charles C., 1940 |
| Box 1 |
F 14 |
Correspondence, Capital Punishment, 1923, 1926, 1938 |
| Box 1 |
F 15 |
Correspondence, CMU Personnel, 1917 |
| Box 1 |
F 16 |
Correspondence, Congratulations, 1917 |
| Box 1 |
F 17 |
Correspondence, Death of Paul Warriner (President Warriner’s son), 1917 |
| Box 1 |
F 18 |
Correspondence, General, 1902, 1907, 1910-1915 |
| Box 1 |
F 19 |
Correspondence, General, 1917-1920 |
| Box 1 |
F 20 |
Correspondence, General, 1921-1927 |
| Box 1 |
F 21 |
Correspondence, General, 1928 |
| Box 1 |
F 22 |
Correspondence, General, 1929-1936 |
| Box 1 |
F 23 |
Correspondence, General, 1937-1939, undated |
| Box 1 |
F 24 |
Correspondence, Immigration and Naturalization, 1915-1918 |
| Box 1 |
F 25 |
Correspondence, Kennedy, James, 1938-1939 |
| Box 2 |
F 1 |
Correspondence, North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, 1931-1938 |
| Box 2 |
F 2 |
Correspondence, Peace, 1911-1916, 1919 |
| Box 2 |
F 3 |
Correspondence, Pearce, Webster, 1927, 1931-1933 |
| Box 2 |
F 4 |
Correspondence, Religion, 1935, 1937 |
| Box 2 |
F 5 |
Correspondence, Smith, M.L., 1936 |
| Box 2 |
F 6 |
Correspondence, Sunday Tennis Debate, 1931 |
| Box 2 |
F 8 |
Correspondence, Taxation, 1927-1928 |
| Box 2 |
F 9 |
Correspondence, Teacher’s Training School, 1913-1917 |
| Box 2 |
F 10 |
Correspondence, Trout, A.L., 1926-1927 |
| Box 2 |
F 11 |
Correspondence, Warriner, Mrs., 1907 |
| Box 2 |
F 12 |
Correspondence, Women’s Suffrage, 1913-1914, 1918 |
| Box 2 |
F 13 |
Meeting Minutes, Administrative Council, 1932 |
| Box 2 |
F 14 |
Meeting Minutes, Alumni Association, CSTC (Central State Teacher’s College), 1939-1940 |
| Box 2 |
F 15 |
Meeting Minutes, Faculty Information Commission, 1936 |
| Box 2 |
F 16 |
Meeting Minutes, Student Faculty Commission of Student Conduct, 1932 |
| Box 2 |
F 17 |
Photographs, undated |
| Box 2 |
F 18 |
Reports, American Association of Teacher’s Colleges, 1928 |
| Box 2 |
F 19 |
Reports, American School Peace League, 1919 |
| Box 2 |
F 20 |
Reports, Appointment Office, 1926-1927, 1930-1934 |
| Box 2 |
F 21 |
Reports, Financial, Alumni Association, 1933-1939 |
| Box 2 |
F 22 |
Reports, Normal School Standards and Surveys, undated |
| Box 2 |
F 23 |
Reports, North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, 1929-1937 |
| Box 2 |
F 24 |
Reports, North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, 1937-1939 |
| Box 2 |
F 25 |
Speeches, Baccalaureate, 1918, 1920-1924, 1927, 1929, 1931-1933, 1936, 1938 |
| Box 2 |
F 26 |
Speeches, Baccalaureate, undated |
| Box 2 |
F 27 |
Speeches, First as President, 1918 |
| Box 2 |
F 28 |
Speeches, Holidays, 1935-1936, undated |
| Box 2 |
F 29 |
Speeches, Miscellaneous, 1906, 1919, 1926-1928, 1934, 1942 |
| Box 2 |
F 30 |
Subject Files, American Association of Teacher’s Colleges, Standards, 1926-1927 |
| Box 2 |
F 31 |
Subject Files, Beddow, I.A., Retirement Letter, 1939 |
| Box 2 |
F 32 |
Subject Files, Bible Study Activities, 1922-1925 |
| Box 2 |
F 33 |
Subject Files, Commencement Program, 1928 |
| Box 2 |
F 34 |
Subject Files, Committee of Rural-Urban Acquaintance, Notes, 1931 |
| Box 2 |
F 36 |
Subject Files, Constitution of the CSTC Alumni Association, 1931 |
| Box 2 |
F 37 |
Subject Files, Copeland Experiment Materials, 1934-1935 |
| Box 3 |
F 38 |
Subject Files, Copeland Group, Senior Banquet Program, 1939 |
| Box 2 |
F 39 |
Subject Files, Cosmopolitan Club, Constitution, undated |
| Box 2 |
F 40 |
Subject Files, Council of State Board College Presidents, 1922-1936 |
| Box 2 |
F 41 |
Subject Files, Curriculum, 1930 |
| Box 2 |
F 42 |
Subject Files, Curriculum, Pre-Professional Courses, 1934 |
| Box 2 |
F 43 |
Subject Files, Curriculum Revision, 1934 |
| Box 2 |
F 44 |
Subject Files, Dedication Expenses, 1928 |
| Box 2 |
F 45 |
Subject Files, Enrollment, 1918 |
| Box 2 |
F 46 |
Subject Files, Enrollment, 1931 |
| Box 2 |
F 47 |
Subject Files, Entrance Requirement, Teacher’s College, 1930 |
| Box 2 |
F 48 |
Subject Files, Extra-Curricular Activities, circa 1934 |
| Box 2 |
F 49 |
Subject Files, Faculty Play, Finances, pre-1930 |
| Box 2 |
F 50 |
Subject Files, Financial Notes, circa 1932 |
| Box 2 |
F 51 |
Subject Files, Football History Summaries (record of scores and teams played on 3 x 5 inch index cards), 1896-1939 |
| Box 2 |
F 52 |
Subject Files, Freshmen Enrollment by Curricula, 1935 |
| Box 2 |
F 53 |
Subject Files, Freshmen Personnel Report, 1932-1933 |
| Box 2 |
F 54 |
Subject Files, Gage, Eleanor R., Prizes, 1927 |
| Box 2 |
F 55 |
Subject Files, Graduate List, 1916 |
| Box 2 |
F 56 |
Subject Files, Institutional Pattern Maps, 1935, undated |
| Box 2 |
F 57 |
Subject Files, Instructions to Instructors, 1930 |
| Box 2 |
F 58 |
Subject Files, Interview with Mrs. Taylor (mentions President Grawn), undated |
| Box 2 |
F 59 |
Subject Files, Interview with Mrs. Warriner, 1944 |
| Box 2 |
F 60 |
Subject Files, Laying of the Cornerstone of the New Administration Building, 1927 |
| Box 2 |
F 61 |
Subject Files, League of Women Voters, 1927, 1930 |
| Box 2 |
F 62 |
Subject Files, Materials concerning Public Health, 1922, 1929 |
| Box 2 |
F 63 |
Subject Files, McDowell Club (CSTC Music Club), 1932 |
| Box 2 |
F 64 |
Subject Files, Member’s Passes to House of Representatives and Senate Chamber Galleries, 1926 |
| Box 2 |
F 65 |
Subject Files, Membership Certificate, Teacher’s Retirement Fund Board, 1948 |
| Box 2 |
F 66 |
Subject Files, Memorial Services, 1936, 1938 |
| Box 2 |
F 67 |
Subject Files, Miscellaneous Peace Papers, 1912-1933 |
| Box 2 |
F 68 |
Subject Files, North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Standards, 1927-1934 |
| Box 2 |
F 69 |
Subject Files, Policy Provisions and Premiums Recommended by the Faculty Commission on Group Insurance, 1929 |
| Box 2 |
F 70 |
Subject Files, Principal’s Meeting Minutes, 1909-1911 |
| Box 2 |
F 71 |
Subject Files, Principal’s Meeting Minutes, 1911-1913 |
| Box 2 |
F 72 |
Subject Files, Program of Evaluation Activities, 1936 |
| Box 2 |
F 73 |
Subject Files, Prohibition Questionnaire, 1926 |
| Box 2 |
F 74 |
Subject Files, Publicity Fund, 1932-1933 |
| Box 2 |
F 75 |
Subject Files, Reasons for Maintaining the State Teacher’s College in Michigan, 1935 |
| Box 2 |
F 76 |
Subject Files, Reasons for Teaching, Questionnaire, 1920 |
| Box 2 |
F 77 |
Subject Files, Retirement Letter re: President Warriner’s Retirement, 1939 |
| Box 2 |
F 78 |
Subject Files, Saginaw East Side Public Schools, Lesson Plans, 1916-1917 |
| Box 2 |
F 79 |
Subject Files, Salary Deductions and Reactions, undated |
| Box 2 |
F 80 |
Subject Files, “Should the Lecture Method of Instruction be Discontinued?”, 1929 |
| Box 2 |
F 81 |
Subject Files, State Board of Education, Recommendations, 1937-1938 |
| Box 2 |
F 82 |
Subject Files, State Board of Education, Salary Recommendations, 1937-1938 |
| Box 2 |
F 83 |
Subject Files, Statement of Principals, 1933 |
| Box 2 |
F 84 |
Subject Files, Statistics, 1928-1933, 1935-1940 |
| Box 2 |
F 85 |
Subject Files, Student Paper- Dr. E.C. Warriner, 1866-1945, by Richard P. Balwinski, 1952 |
| Box 2 |
F 86 |
Subject Files, Student Paper- Short Sketch of E.C. Warriner, by James Wheeler, undated |
| Box 3 |
F 1 |
Subject Files, Summary of Profits and Losses in Extension Classes, 1926-1932 |
| Box 3 |
F 2 |
Subject Files, Table of Graduates, 1927-1934 |
| Box 3 |
F 3 |
Subject Files, Teaching Hints, Saginaw Public Schools, undated |
| Box 3 |
F 4 |
Subject Files, Test Score Analysis, Freshmen Class, 1933 |
| Box 3 |
F 5 |
Subject Files, Victory Loan Fund, 1929 |
| Box 3 |
F 6 |
Subject Files, Views on Issues, undated |
| Box 3 |
F 7 |
Subject Files, War Time Required Courses, 1943 |
| Box 3 |
F 8 |
Subject Files, Webster Scholarship Cup Notes, 1927 |
| Box 3 |
F 9 |
Subject Files, Writings and Speeches, Miscellaneous, A-M, undated |
| Box 3 |
F 10 |
Subject Files, Writings and Speeches, Miscellaneous, R-S, undated |
| Box 3 |
F 11 |
Subject Files, Writings, Education (folder 1 of 2), 1923-1938 (scattered) |
| Box 3 |
F 11 |
Subject Files, Writings, Education (folder 2 of 2), 1923-1938 (scattered) |
| Box 4 |
F 1 |
Subject Files, Writings, Educational Organizations, undated |
| Box 4 |
F 2 |
Subject Files, Writings, Labor and Industry, 1908, undated |
| Box 4 |
F 3 |
Subject Files, Writings, The New Deal and the Depression, undated |
| Box 4 |
F 4 |
Subject Files, Writings, Prohibition, 1926-1932, undated |
| Box 4 |
F 5 |
Subject Files, Writings, The Role of the Teacher, 1921, undated |
| Box 4 |
F 6 |
Subject Files, Writings, Teaching, 1900-1935 (scattered), undated |
| Box 4 |
F 5 |
Subject Files, Writings, War and Peace, undated |
| Box 4 |
F 6 |
Subject Files, Writings, Women's Suffrages, undated |
| Box 5 |
F 1 |
3 x 5 inch Index Cards to Eugene C. Warriner’s Correspondence, 1882-1939, undated |
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