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OhioCatFan
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Posted: 7/18/2025 10:07 PM
Darayus Sethna, a student in the Honors Tutorial College, put together this website. I thought many of you might enjoy taking a look at it:

https://www.bobcatarchives.com /
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Posted: 7/19/2025 10:08 AM
OhioCatFan wrote:expand_more
Darayus Sethna, a student in the Honors Tutorial College, put together this website. I thought many of you might enjoy taking a look at it:

https://www.bobcatarchives.com /
Thanks OCF. There is some really neat stuff on this site. This bit in regards to Arthur Carr who became an Ohio University football player where he was most likely the first Black player on the team in the early 1900s, really got my attention.

Carr graduated from Athens High School in 1902 with only 13 other students. According to this article from The Athens Messenger and Herald on June 12, 1902, the auditorium was packed with locals.

As the article describes, “the auditorium was filled to overflowing by the usual cultured Athenians who always show their appreciation of their public schools...”

O.T. Corson, an educational orator and the state of Ohio’s eventual Director of Education, was one of the keynote speakers at the commencement.
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Posted: 7/19/2025 12:02 PM
Alan, even more impressive is that Carr was apparently the first African American QB at a predominately white college. Several years ago I did a little research on the topic, and I could find no instances of another black QB at such an institution in the first decade of the 20th Century.
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Posted: 10/21/2025 8:50 AM
This is great stuff OCF! It looks like Darayus Sethna put in a lot of work for this!
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Posted: 11/8/2025 7:52 PM
And as it turns out, I was able to interview Darayus Sethna for one of the shows I run on my YouTube channel! One Bobcat interviewing another!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_TdldPpW0
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Posted: 11/8/2025 11:08 PM

STVCastle wrote:expand_more
And as it turns out, I was able to interview Darayus Sethna for one of the shows I run on my YouTube channel! One Bobcat interviewing another!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-_TdldPpW0

 

Thanks, I will take watch tommorow after this is over.  It's been taking up most of my time recently.

 

 

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Note: My avatar is the national colors of the 78th Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry, which are now preserved in a climate controlled vault at the Ohio History Connection. Learn more about the old 78th at: http://www.78ohio.org
Last Edited: 11/8/2025 11:11:04 PM by OhioCatFan
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Posted: 11/26/2025 10:26 PM
OCF how was the Upper Hall McCabe Historical marker turnout? How was the event?
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Posted: 11/27/2025 12:54 AM
I was there. It was a nice event. The band was just excellent.
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Posted: 11/27/2025 1:30 AM
I screwed up and posted the same thing twice. Deleted.
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Posted: 11/27/2025 1:57 AM

We had about 50 people attend.  We ended up doing the ceremony inside, due to weather, and then adjourning outside for the actual unveiling.  Here are a few clips from an Athens News photo spread on the event:

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Posted: 11/27/2025 4:53 AM
JimLurker34 wrote:expand_more
I was there. It was a nice event. The band was just excellent.
Thanks Jim
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Posted: 11/27/2025 4:54 AM
Thanks OCF!

Looking forward to seeing the marker outside of Upper Hall.
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Posted: 11/27/2025 2:43 PM
I just noticed this, OCF. Thanks for sharing that site. Sweet!
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Posted: 11/28/2025 9:06 AM
Good stuff OCF, thank you for sharing
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Posted: 11/30/2025 2:32 AM

Some wanted me to post a photo of the marker itself.  So here it is:

 

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