The Ohio State University

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It aint Oregon State, and it aint Oklahoma State. Its THE Ohio State University.

With school President Edward Orton believing the institutions original name Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College an inadequate reflection of the vast reach and scope of the schools programs, he got the board of trustees together to rename it to The Ohio State University in 1878. By adding that definite article, the school sought to not only define itself as the states preeminent university, but also throw shade at intra-state schools, especially Ohio University. More than 100 years later, in 1986 the university, which had been using the OSU logo, reemphasized the all-important THE to re-establish the national stature of the institution. Pay homage.