David Bates Douglass
Whoever passes through
this gateway
should remember
David Bates
Douglass
A gallant soldier and
officer in the War of 1812
A civil engineer of distinction
A teacher of wide experience
who in the years 1841-1844
while president of Kenyon
College laid out and
beautified its grounds
made the path through them
and erected these pillars
Hinc adeo media est nobis via-
mic moeri canamus
Courtesy hmdb.org
