Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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:OV- xw-USi ojc tLJC jl: j jct: of burning by students at Purdue game pep sessions, was officially razed by the University. It was apparent that the campus was expanding eastward, for during 1939 the new Business Building and the Auditorium were be- gun. The University School also was completed. Construction was begun on the Physical Science Building, North Hall, and West Hall, dormitories for men, and Sycamore and Beech Halls, women ' s dormi- tories. An addition to the Union Building was made that year and a building for the Calumet Extension Division was finished. Eleven presidents have served the University since its organiza- tion as a college in 1828: Andrew Wylie, 1829- ' 51; Alfred Ryors, 1852- ' 53; William Mitchell Daily, 185}- ' 59; John H. Lathrop, 1859- ' 60; Cyrus Nutt, 1860- ' 75; Lemuel Moss, 1875- ' 84; David Starr Jordan, 1885- ' 91; John M. Coulter, I891- ' 93; Joseph Swain, 1893- ' 02; William Lowe Bryan, 1902- ' 37; and Herman B Wells, acting president from July 1, 1937 to March 22, 1938 and president from March 22, 1938. Indiana University, one hundred and twenty years young, con- tinues to expand, to grow, to build, and to become a greater Indiana. Strut and Fret, Indiana ' s dramatic club in 190S, presented the play entitled, A Scrap of Paper or The Adventure of a Love Letter . . . Wylie HaJl looked like this in 1907 . . . Indiana Uni- versity ' s first I man was Malcolm A. McDon- ald in ' 66 and ' 67 . . . Indiana celebrated the 100th year of its founding in 1920 ... In 1896, Indiana University girls played Indiana kick ball in the ladies ' gymnasium. 1940

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to Herman B Wells, President of Indiana University, whose goal it is to make the university an ever-greater institution, one which will serve every community throughout the state. Under his careful guidance Indiana University has grown rapidly. The faculty has been strengthened following a nationwide search to bring new scholars to the campus, the physical equipment has been enlarged, and the Presi- dent this year made an extensive alumni-contact tour throughout the entire United States, uniting alumni in the progressive spirit of Indiana University. A friend of the students, always eager to have them in his office. Presi- dent Wells is establishing the University as the educational center of the Middle West.