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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College building burned. This destruction was almost a death blow to the University, but, through the untiring ef- forts of the President and the hearty support of the people throughout the State, new buildings were erected and the University was soon in better condition than before. After six years of ceaseless labor, he resigned and returned to the ministry. He died in the South in 1877. FOURTH PRESIDENT. JOHN H. LATHROP, LL. D., 1859-1860. John Hiram Lathrop was a native of New York, born at Shelburne, january 22, 1799. He graduated from Yale in 1819, with second honors. He began the study of law, but not finding it suited to his tastes, decided to give his energies to the cause of education. He taught at various colleges until 1840, when he accepted the presidency of the University of Missouri. 'This university existed only on the appropriation of land made by Congress, but Dr. Lathrop succeeded in putting into it real life, and made it a-permanent institution. In 1849, he accepted the Chancel- lorship of Wisconsin University, and held it for ten years. In 1859, he was induced to accept the presidency of Indi- ana University. After a year's service, however, preferring a professorship to the cares of administration, he returned to Missouri, and in 1865, was again chosen President of the Missouri University. I-Ie died the following year, in the midst of his labors. FIFTH PRESIDENT. CYRUS NUTT, D. D., LL. D, 1860-1875. Cyrus Nutt was born in Ohio in 1814. He graduated from Allegheny College in 1831, and until 1837 was Prin- cipal of the Preparatory Department there, and at Indiana Asbury Cnow DePauwD University. In 1837 he was Pro- fessor of Languages at Asbury, and in 1841 Professor of Greek and Hebrew. From this time until 1860 he alter- nated between the ministry and educational work. In I86O he was elected to the Presidency of Indiana University. He held the position until june, 1875. In 1868, the University was thrown open to women. Dr. Nutt died August 24, 1875. SIXTH PRESIDENT. LEMUEL Moss, D. D., 1875-1884. Lemuel Moss was born in Bulletsville, Kentucky, in 1829. I-Ie received his education at Rochester Seminary, graduating both from the Seminary proper and the Theo- logical School. From 1860-1864, he was pastor ofthe First Baptist Church at Worcester, Massachusetts, and in 1865, Secretary of the United States Christian Commission. From 1865-1868, he was Professor of Systematic Theology in the University of Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. From 1868-1872, he was editor of the National Baptistf' and Professor of Theology in Crozier Seminary, Upland, Penn- sylvania, and in 1874-1875, President of Chicago University.