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Onward to the Dawn is the first history of Tiffin University, an institution that now readies for its 125th anniversary. Since the University's inception in 1888, it has called three different locations in Tiffin, Ohio, home. From its founding as a for-profit Commercial College at Heidelberg College to its slow but dramatic transformation into a successful independent university, the school has experienced a series of exceptional events that add to the historiography of higher education. This saga explores the university s creation and evolution from 1888 to 1939 and tells the story of endurance and struggle, intrigue and stewardship, commitment and challenge, transition and transformation. Here also is a story of remarkable individuals brilliant, and at times complicated, people like Josiah Hedges, George Williard, Franklin Miller, and Alfred Reichard.