Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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INDIANA UNIVERSITY -WHAT IT WAS AND IS. all destroyed. But in the face of this almost irretrievable loss the friends of the University were not disheartened. The word -came from the Alumni all over the State, we will, to the last, -stand by our cherished Alma Mater. At the same time that this misfortune befell the institution, the Supreme Court ren- dered a decision for the Trustees of Vincennes University in the controversy over the Gibson county lands which the State hadsold, and appropriated the funds for Indiana University, claiming that the grant of these lands to Vincennes University in 1816 was void by non-use. By this decision, Indiana Univer- sity lost 370,000 These calamities falling almost simultaneously upon the University were enough to discourage all hopes of resuscitation. But the Trustees assumed at once the labor of considering plans for reconstruction and resolved that as soon as 310,000 was subscribed, they would proceed immediately with the erection of a larger and better building than the one des- troyed. This aid was soon assured and the old building now owned by the School Board of Bloomington, standing on the old campus at the south end of College Avenue, is the product of that contribution to the University by its friends in the hour of darkness. , The University atmosphere assumed a brighter hue at once and its student body and popularity increased rapidly. Proba- bly no President of the University ever worked as hard and as faithful as did Dr. Dailey, and to him must be the credit for the successful efforts to rebuild the University and maintain its standing in the State. It was during his administration that Prof. Elisha Ballantine and Prof. Daniel Kirkwood became con- nected With the University. In January, 1859, Dr. Dailey re- signed, and was followed by Dr. Lathrop. The latter was Presif dent but one year and Dr. Cyrus Nutt, of Greencastle, assumed the duties of President in 1860. Dr. Nutt entered upon his duties amid favorable circumstances. In 1860 the number of students in the collegiate department was 99, in 1861, 112 5 in 1863, it reached the minimum of 67 g then gradually rising, till in 1869 the number reached 182. The faculty at this time was composed of Professors Ballantine, Wylie, Kirkwood and VVoodburn, and Judge Bryant. ' An Act of Congress in 1862 created in each State a college for the benefit of mechanical arts and agriculture. A strenuous effort was made by Dr. Nutt and others to locate the new college in Bloomington and combine it with the University. It seemed that they would be successful when disappointment came by the location of the college at LaFayette, as Purdue University

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ROBERT A. OGG, EDWIN CORP., NAT U. YULL, BENJ. F. SHIVELY, Greencastle, Ind. UI-ms. L. HENRY, Bloomington, Ind. Successor: to Dr. Lyons, bouth Bend, Ind. Anderson, Ind. BIO0IH1DgfOI1,11'ld. Woon D. ROBINSON, ISAAC JENKINSON, ROBERT I. I'IAMII.TON, SAIUUEIQR, Lvoxs, Resigned to aecoypt Princeton, Ind. Richmond, Ind. Huntington, Ind. Presidency oi Monmouth Collebe, Bloomington, Ind.