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The reputation of Dr. Andrus as an educator has suffered from under-esti- 111ation,doubtless largely on account of the brevity of his term as President of the University, cut short as it was by his i11-hea1th. With some idiosyncrasies which did not tend to increase his popularity, and a temperament influenced by his ill-health, he was yet a man of tremendous energy and great effectiveness, both as a preacher and teacher. A sturdy and conscientious scholar, he Filled with credit the chair of his eminent predecessors. i SIXTH PRESIDENT. ALEXANDER MARTIN, D. D., LL. D., 1875e1889. Alexander Martin, Senior Professor in the University, and for fourteen years its President, was born in Scotland in 1822. In 1846 he was Principal of Kingswood Academy, Virginia. He graduated from Allegheny College in 1847. Subsequently he had charge, as aminister, of congregations in Charleston, Clarksburg, Moundsville, Wheeling and Parkersburg, West Virginia. For six years he was Principal of Northwest Virginia Academy. For ten years he was Professor of the Greek Language and Literature in Allegheny College. In 1868 he organized the West Virginia University, and for eight years was its President, for five of these years being Professor of Mental and Moral Science, and for three years Professor of Physics and Astronomy. Since 1875 he has been Pro- fessor of Mental and Moral Science in the Indiana Asbury, 110w DePauw Uni- versity. When Dr. Martin took charge as President, the Institution was greatly cramped for want of an adequate endowment and facilities, but during his presi- dency the great enlargement in grounds, buildings, libraries, apparatus, teachers and magnihcent endowment took place. The labor consequent on this and espec- ially in helping to secure the means to meet Mr. DePaqus proposition of two dollars for every one contributed by others in order to endow the Asbury Col- lege of Liberal Arts, was more arduous than many can now conceive. Having largely aided in this work, and harmoniously adjusted the new schools and branches of learning which constitute the University, and superintended the same for hve years after the change was made, he, in june, 1889, handed the University over to his successor with over one thousand students and with the above fine equipment in personnel and materiel. During the war Dr. Martin was President of the West Virginia Branch of the Christian Commission, and did signal service in the field, and especially in 18
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Church. Ohio Wesleyan in 1853 gave him the degree of Doctor of Divinity; Dickinson conferred that of Doctor of Laws in I872. During the session of 1864-65 he was elected Chaplain to the U. S. Senate, and in 1864 was sent by the American Methodist Churcheas a delegate to the British IVesleyan Confer- ence. He 110w resides in St. Louis. . ' FIFTH PRESIDENT. REUBEN ANDRUS, D. D., 1872e1875. Reuben Andrus was born near Watertown, Jefferson county, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1824. His parents moved to Illinois and settled in Fulton county when he was fourteen years old. At the age of seventeen he taught his hrst school, thus preparing himself for a collegiate course of study. In 1844 he entered Illinois College at Jacksonville. In his senior year at this college he was elected to the principalship of the preparatory department of McKendree College. Gradu- ated from McKendrcc College in 1849, he went to what was known as Green- field Institute as its President. In 1850, he entered the Methodist ministry in the Illinois Conference, and about the same time was elected Principal of the preparatory department of Illinois W'esleyan. This position he accepted, and served as President pro fem. during the absence of the regularly elected President, Dr. Dcrnpster. In June, 1851, he was elected to the chairi of mathe- matics in the same institution. As there was 110 Professor in Greek employed, he volunteered to associate that department with his own. As the result of V overwork, his health failed at the end of two years, when he resigned, and took work in his Conference. From 1852 until the close of his life he alternated between the ministry and the educational work. Previous to 1852 he was President of Greenfield Institute and Central Academy, the last named in Springheld, Ill. These two were merged into the public schools, then being organized. In 1865 he accepted the presidency of the Quincy College 010w Chadwick 'Collegei. In 1867 he came to Indiana and was appointed Pastor of Trinity Church, Evansville, in 1870 to Meridian Street Church, Indianapolis. In 1872 he succeeded Dr. Bowman to the presidency of Indiana Asbury. It was here that the first symptoms of declining health appeared. Again he resigned to enter the choice of his life-work. After months of lingering illness he died, at his home in Indianapolis, January 17th, 1887. I7
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