Indiana University - Arbutus Yearbook (Bloomington, IN)

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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

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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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Part of the whole . A great many people see very little of this campus. They come here, look around briefly, and leave with only a few distinct impressions. Consequently, massive fea- tures are the only memories they take with them. Freshmen see the most, but they miss the correct perspec- tive. They recognize the com- plicated patterns of the steel and masonry. Yet, for all the details that they see, they fail to understand the intricate pattern as part of the whole picture of the University. Even if the freshmen see only the details, they are far happier than those who see nothing. It is amazing that so few see each mound of lime- stone as a structure to raise the I.U. monogram up where it will be seen and known by aU. • • l.U. isii ' .Ufiiuck 14