Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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pane PES WE a, } 4( 3 | Fe |} — - einen SE AY ss = See eee ; J ee ee , , = arte a oe ead ee on Zs és . at ae fs MEE r 7 fo Me a f- lf From the Portrait by Lucile Stevenson Dalrymple thorough mental training for the responsible duties involved in the ap- pointment. Besides, by traveling extensively in the West, he had be- come acquainted with western mind and society. With these favorable circumstances Mr. Mills entered upon his la- bors, and opened the school under the title of the Crawfordsville Eng- lish and Classical High School, on Monday, the third of December, 1833, with twelve Students. EEE EEE

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William Patterson Kane, 2B., LL. B. 1895-1906 In 1899 Dr. IKkane became president of Wabash, for which he was des- tined to do much during his brief, seven-year administration. While he was president Wabash grew in size and prestige. He developed the “Wabash Plan” which emphasized the place of the small college in the life of the na- tion. This plan was widely adopted and secured recognition for Wabash throughout the educational world. He fostered activities on the campus. He created a spirit of genuine fellowship and love for Wabash in the hearts of all who attended the school. His death cut short even greater plans for the col- lege he loved. Dr. Kane was born in Carroll County, Ohio, April 13, 1847. For his early education he attended the common schools and Oakdale Academy near Pitts- burgh. Then he went to the Iron City Business College, from which he gradu- ated with the intention of entering the business world. He was not, however, satisfied with his education, so he went to Monmouth College in Illinois. Here he was converted and decided to become a minister in the United Presbyterian Church. While he was preparing for the ministry, he taught school at Ida- ville, Indiana, where he was an unusually successful teacher. From there he entered the United Presbyterian Seminary at Xenia, Ohio. Later he changed to the Seminary at Newbury, N. Y., from which he graduated in 1872. For twelve years, until 1884, Dr. Kane was pastor in Argyle, N. Y. Then he accepted a call to the Second Presbyterian Church of Lafayette, Indiana. Though the church was in difficulties at the time he took over the pastorate, he soon built up one of the strongest churches in Indiana. Early in his stay at Lafayette he became interested in Wabash College, from which he received a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1887. In 1889 he was elected to the board of directors, and a few years later he became president of the board. Upon the death of Dr. Tuttle in 1892 he was asked to become president of Wabash, but his congregation in Bloomington, Illinois, where he had gone just two months before, refused to allow him to resign. However, when Dr. Burroughs re- signed the presidency in 1899, he was again offered it, and this time he ac- cepted. Is bal q ct { rent cS oe Et ON pre it la Sadan sa aR Ei I ie NL a His administration was short but fruitful to Wabash. He died November 28, 1906, during a rest cure in a sanatorium in the Ozarks. na eee ane} ic; ? a | RP Ft Semen cece Page Liyghteen 4 —= tare . — a friends of education touching the interests of the enterprise. An im- portant question was to be settled in the appotntment of the first Teacher. After much deliberation, the action of the Board resulted in the appointment of Mr. Caleb Mills, then a Theological Student at Andover, Mass., as the Principal of the Preparatory Department and Teacher’s Seminary. Mr. Mills had been favonably known to some members of the Board as ardently devoted to the cause of Christian education, and one well fitted in moral qualities, and by extended and

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George Lewes Mackintosh, 0.B., LL.B. 1908-1926 Dr. Mackintosh was born in Nova Scotia, January 1, 1860 and came west to study at Wabash during the 1870’s. While at college his interests were chiefly academic though he found time to participate considerably in oratory. He graduated from Wabash in 1884. After receiving his masters degree in 1887 Dr. Mackintosh entered the Lane Theological Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio to study for the ministry. In 1889 he was ordained in the Presbyterian Church and received his first charge in Indianapolis two years later, where he served until 1907. His first official connection with Wabash College after his graduation came in 1897 when he was elected a member of the board of trustees. Six years later in 1903 he began to teach part time. From then on his connection with the college strengthened rapidly. Two years later he was teaching full time, and in 1906 upon the ill- ness of President Kane he was appointed acting president. The following April Dr. Mackintosh was inaugurated as president. During his administration Wabash prospered. It had many difficulties to overcome, especially during the World War. Despite these handicaps Dr. Mackintosh left the college with an endowment fund three hundred per cent. larger than that which it had when he assumed charge. Substantial subscrip- tions were obtained from the Rockefeller Foundation and the general board of education of the Presbyterian Church. Dr. Mackintosh was known through- out the state, partly from his long pastorate in Indianapolis and partly as a result of his speaking tours to interest all Indiana in Wabash. He was a strict classicist and so kept the traditional liberal arts character of the college in- tact. In 1903 he received the Docter of Divinity degree from Wooster College and in 1908 that of Doctor of Laws from Hanover. He was forced to retire from the presidency in 1926 on account of ill health and spent the years until his death living near the campus he had known most of his life. Upon his death, February 28, 1932, President Hopkins characterized him as a man of “daring intellect, a delightful sense of humor, and high scholarly attainment, a man of great faith and great works.” Page Twenty SGLIENTIAR ET AVIkT Ole To Science and Virtue. Such was the early and sincere dedication of this Institution. While its Trustees and patrons disclaim sectarian and party motives, they have ever avowed it as a leading object to pro- mote True Religion, as well as sound learning. Indeed they fully be- l’eve that the interests of sound learning can not be effectually pro- moted without the aid and sanctions of the Christian religion. And it is matter of grateful recollection that, of the twelve stu- (eT AZD BIT BIS Sipe - POPE ae MNS OIE TE nL Sm OO tne