DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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believe that no one is deserving the name of instructor who does not know at the end of a term's work the character and quality of the work done by any student in his department. An examination continued so long that, with the attendant men- tal strain and nervous excitement, the student is completely worn out and prostrated, is brutal and should meet with the disapprobation of every one. Io. Finally, then, classmates of ,QI and members of our new De Pauw, condemning hollow pretense and sham and mockery, and standing for the rights of the students, let us plant the banner of Reason and Progress deep in the bed-rock of eternal truth, and with the rallying cry of Down with the old and up with the new, go forth ,to battle and to victory. ' 4 ...., , - s QQ r 71+ .

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useless surplus into private banks would meet our unanimous approval. 5. While opposed, on general principles, to all salary grabs in which we are not personally interested, we would most heartily urge with ex 2505! faclo application an increase in the salaries of the members of the faculty-salaries that rather than be a disgrace would become the dignity and rank of our institution. We would further recommend a just and equitable discrimination in the amounts paid to the several departments. H Some men are cheap at any price, some things are dear at any price. If a chair .in the University is worthy of a pro- fessor, it demands and should command all of his time, and his time should be suitably rewarded, at least with a living salary. 6. The MIIIAGE advocates the establishment of every de- partment, above the Sophomore year at least, upon the H elec- lzi1e system. No student doing special work ought to be hampered by useless studies farther than the second college year. Each department would then be compelled to stand or fall on its merits, and the perpetration of antiquity would soon be a thing of the past. 7. The Department of Athletics, founded this year upon a sound and permanent basis, with systematic working organiza- tion, should meet the hearty support and co-operation of trus- tees, faculty and students alike. So long neglected in the past, it is coming at last to be recognized in its true character as an essential part of an educational institution. 8. Endorsing the spirit of Pan Hellenism, commending the purposes that inspired the founders of our junior clubs, organ- ized for the promotion of class fellowship, class spirit and mutual improvement, we would advocate all measures calcu- lated to break down petty jealousies, personal spite and preju- dice. 9. We condemn in the strongest terms the practice so prev- alent on the part of some of our Hwould be instructors, of inflicting on their students examinations continuing through a period of four or five hours, and often so long that many of the better students are unable to finish in the time allowed. We A-.1

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Joint Board of Trustees and Visitors. N L 'lGJffiEDJ35-1' 956 PRESIDENT, BISHOP THOMAS BOWMAN, D. D., LL. D., St. Louis, Jlfo. SECRETARY, A. B. YOHN, Inddznapolis, Ind. TREASURER, COL. JOHN W. RAY, A. M., Indianapolis, Ind. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. BISHOP THOMAS BOWMAN, D. D., LL. D. J. P. D. JOHN, A. M., D. D. ALEXANDER MARTIN, D. D., LL. D. CLEMENT STUDEBAKER. GRANVILLE C. MOORE, A. M. ' HON. CHARLES C. BINKLEY GEORGE L. CURTISS, A. M., M. D., D. D. JOHN POUCHER, A. M., D. D N. T. DE PAUW, A. M. WILLIAM NEWKIRK. R. s. TENNANT, A. M. INVESTING coMM1'rTEE. WILLIAM NEWKIRK. COL. JOHN W. RAY, A. M. N. T. DE PAUW. THEODORE P. HAUGHEY. HON. CHARLES C. BINKLEY. -l .l, Annrrmo coMM1'r'rm:. CHARLES W. DE PAUW. A. B. YOHN. THEODORE P. HAUGHEY. sm-EWARD AND sUPEmN'rENnEN'r or cnomws AND nUu.nxNcs. EBENEZER T. CHAFFEE. . ....a12:f'1