Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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The Presidents. NDIANA UNIVERSITY has been particularly fortunate in her presidents. They have been able men, and they have guided her safely through manifold diiiiculties and misfortunes. To Presidents Wylie, Ryors, Dailey, Lath- rop, Nutt, Moss, Jordan, Coulter and Swain, Indiana Uni- versity is indebted for her present position among the edu- cational institutions of tl1e land. OUR FIRST PRESIDENT. ANDREW WYLIE, D. D., -1829-1851. Andrew Wylie was born April 12, 1789, in Western Pennsylvania. He entered Jefferson College at fifteen and graduated with first honors. He remained at jefferson as a tutor until the following year, when, although the young- est man in the faculty, he succeeded to the presidency. In 1817 Dr. Wylie resigned his position at jefferson to accept the presidency of Washington College, sin miles distant, in the hope of uniting the two 5 but he was disappointed in this, and soon after resigned. He was elected President of Indiana University in 1829 and continued her faithful pilot until his death in 1851. Dr. Wylie was a learned man and a good teacher. He was loved by all his students and his death was universally mourned. SECOND PRESIDENT. ALFRED RVORS, D. D., 1852-1853. Alfred Ryors was born at Philadelphia in 1812. He graduated fro111 Jefferson College i11 1835. Before his elec- tion to the presidency of Indiana University in 1852 he held the following positions: 1836 to 1843, Professor of Mathematics in the Ohio State University, 1843 to 1848, Professor of Mathematics in Indiana University, 1848 to 1852, President of Ohio University. He was President of Indiana University for one year. Subsequently he was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church at Madison, Ind., and Professor of Mathematics at Center College, Ken- tucky. He died May 8, 1858. THIRD PRESIDENT. WILLIAM M. DAII.EY, D. D., LL. D., 1853-1859. Our third President, William M. Dailey, was born in Coshocton, Ohio, in 1812. This same year his father moved to Indiana, and settled in Franklin county on a farm. The son became a pastor in the Methodist Church. While sta- tioned at Bloomington he attended college, graduating in 1836. In 1853 he was elected President of the University. It was during Dr. Dailey's administration that the main v

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In 1890, the Seniors were loth to undertake a serenade which was sure to cause a riot, but several reckless spirits- among them Maurice Moore, Frank Post, Roll Madison, james Cook, Bed Sudbury, Will Cravens, Walter Howe and Isaac Loeb-decided to give the serenade at all hazards. They engaged the May Belle, Ca heavy picnic wagonj and a colored band, and soon after leaving the livery stable had nearly all the rest of the college at their heels. The streets were repeatedly blockaded, and the horses were almost maddened by the noise. Several under-classmen were taken to jail g the colored band was gradually wrought up to the razzer point, and one of the negroes finally shot into the crowd, striking Hall, an under-classman, in the leg. just north of Sixth street, on Walnut, a little bit later, james Simpson, a freshman, and others were trying to place a carpenter's bench in front of the prancing horses, when the driver, a town tough, jumped to the ground and, with a large board, struck Simpson in the face, frightfully lacerating the boy's lips and knocking him senseless. This ended the serenades for good. Simpson was carried to the doctor's office on that same carpenter's bench, and his wounds sewn up. Hall and Simpson were both popular fellows, and the Seniors who had originated the lark, as soon as they heard that some one was dangerously hurt, forsook the wagon and hurried back to offer their assist- ance. .-Y. . F1 .. ,. v 7 'n:.T:l - ' - ff. !Q , ,, S -6-X, f-Lil-it 'T K'-T4 -1, I ax., .:?: x Z' rA, :L-J H 5 Tis 'L-: 4.11-5 - 1-, 4 ,sb ,1, -1 Q- N IX i, . WC' I gy V, - I ' ek- . 1' iill- fum W ,liiwfly liilllll T wfarr i-af f f: l iz l i ' f-' V .. 2' H W-, Q f f f f i-:' ' i i fi i -W Yi Nl. ?f'f yWi W V 1 A ' W , MODERN PEDAGOGV.

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