[1] The original plan was to build a total of six towers, along with other facilities, in order to create a social hub on west campus.

Morrill reintroduced the bill to Congress in 1861, and this time it passed and was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on July 2, 1862.

The Land Grant—or Morrill—Act, as the legislation came to be known, provided the means to establish The Ohio State University, and defined its mission.

(The bill was signed in the midst of the Civil War, and few men recruited had any grasp of military strategy or tactics.)

Dahmer resided in Morrill Tower for only one quarter and never officially declared a major before flunking out of the Ohio State University.

He signed the Morrill Act into law in 1862, which established the system of land-grant institutions in the United States, and thus made the founding of the university possible.

It can be seen in the background as The Ohio State University Marching Band practices on the turf fields in the adjacent Lincoln Tower Park.

The OSU Recreational and Physical Activity Center (RPAC) and McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion can also can be seen in the aerial video footage.