Sunday, July 1, 2012

More Stilwell frogs -- the Enarson cartoons

The president of Cleveland State University made it into the Stilwell comic strip in the school newspaper, The Cauldron, three times. In his first appearance, published on May 25, 1971, the frogs hanging out in Stilwell cafeteria are discussing a recently released study that showed how low the state of Ohio ranked in fiscal subsidies for its universities. The implication was that Enarson had to take a second job clearing tables in the cafeteria to supplement his executive salary. On Dec. 7 that year, Enarson returned to the strip, in a Christmas gift box given to the crabby cafeteria lady, to deliver a less-than-glowing performance evaluation. Finally, the frogs chimed in on April 18, 1972, after Enarson announced that he was leaving the university he had headed since 1966 and moving on to what became a nine-year stint as president of Ohio State University. Fun fact about Enarson: If you think you have never heard of this guy, think again. According to Wikipedia, Enarson, who died in 2006, is said to have thought that he would most be remembered for firing OSU football coach Woody Hayes. Enarson gave the coaching legend the boot, permanently ending his football career, after Hayes threw a punch at Clemson noseguard Charlie Bauman. Bauman had just intercepted an Ohio State pass in the final minutes of the Gator Bowl on Dec. 29, 1978, the Buckeyes down 17-15. Bauman made the mistake of running into the Ohio State sidelines after the interception, where Hayes clocked him. Ohio State lost the bowl game as well as its coach.

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