Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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Uiinn Family liiirial Plot He gave the land ... The Dunn family was one of the early families of Bloomingtun, and they owned all the land within the boundaries of Tenth, Indiana, Third, and Jordan. Mr. Dunnes house stood where the f ni now stands. Think- ing that someday the University might want to expand east, he willed all his land to the school. However, when the city tried to tax him for this land, he became so angry that he gave the land to Purdue and moved to Bedford. Dunn had, nevertheless, dedicated the family ceme- tery to the people burie«l there and to G »d. So, when the University finally bought the land, it was undis- turiied. In a living University, changes leave behind a great many things. Most of these changes have come in the Cenlennial Oak 12

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These are the structures of the University. They are the piles of limestone and the product of labor that make up the face of the campus. It took a long time, plenty of sweat, and a lot of limestone to put those buildings here. When viewed together, they tell the complete story of I.U. because each was built to repre- sent the style of the time. There is beauty and strength in the lines and angles of the buildings, and there is a peaceful blending of the old and new designs. To each person every building is a reminder of a certain incident. To all they are reminders that the campus is a living thing and is forever changing. A casual look around will show that it is still evolving and growing. This campus has changed a lot since coming out to the east side of town — so much so, in fact, that old man Dunn would hardly recognize his own land. 11

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The Museum of Anthropology form of new construction and new ideas. For many years after the acquisition of Dunn ' s land new buildings and new methods came into being slowly. I.U. ' s growth plodded along. Then in the middle 1930 ' s Ward G. Biddle moved up from the management of the Bookstore to Comptroller of the University. He set out to modernize and enlarge the school, and the team of Wells and Biddle did just that. Their driving efforts saw the construction of the buildings to the east of Forrest Place and the University ' s enlargement into a cosmopolitan center of learning. As I.U. surged northeastward in its expansion, much of the old was put aside. Old equipment was replaced, and antiquated ideas were eliminated. They were not de- stroyed; they were merely stored out of the way. In the warehouse and in the museum the relics of the University were placed for renovation, in some cases, but mostly as memorials to the days when I.U. was just a small country college. I Ward G. Biddle 13