DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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Boston. He began his life work in the ministry of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, becoming a member of the Northwest Indiana Conference. Since that time he has served the most important pulpits of this confer- ence, and has been identified with the great interests of the church at home and abroad. He has twice been elected a member of the General Conference, and has served upon some of the most important commit- tees of that body. He was for some time President of Clarke University, and during his administration that institution had one of the most pros- perous epochs of its history. With such a career behind him, and with the prospects for promotion that were before him, it is with heroic sacrifice, therefore, that he has taken up the heavy responsibilities of l1is present office. But from the first his plans have proven wise and his appeal to Indiana Methodism l1as awakened a most encouraging response. He is widely and favorably known. The people believe in l1is statesman-like ability. He is a power upon the platform, and his eloquent appeals have already turned the tide to victory. Students have learned to expect some encouraging report whenever he appears upon the platform at chapel exercises. Several thousands of dollars have been procured since the opening of the year, and from the enthusiasm which is in every quarter beginning to kindle for the triumph of his cause, we predict for him complete victory. Once again the people of Methodism feel the welfare of the University upon their hearts and the signs of the times are full of hope. Success to you, Doctor! And may old De Pauw, hallowed by the sacred memories that linger in ten thousand loyal hearts, venerable for her gift to the world of men in church and state, and resplendent with victory, yet come into an era of greater prosperity, wider influence, and larger life.

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'Che Studebaker Gift uf HEN the call was made to Indiana Methodists to come to the f 'iii mi' R 'fig to respond was Hon. Clem Studebaker, of South Bend, with r ggfgjfiisv rescue of De Pauw University six months ago, the first man it 'F sf 4353. . . . -'aw ,ere an ' the prineely gift of Iive thousand dollars. It was a timely gift, for it gave the first great impetus to the cause of Dr. Hickman in increasing the endowment of the University. Since that time scores of smaller, but equally worthy, benefactions have come to the institution. With this was the beginning of a movement which is hoped will culmi- nate in an adequate endowment of De Pauw University and a consequent Widening of her field of infiuence and power. Mr. Studebaker is known all over the state and throughout the West as the president of the Studebaker wagon and carriage factories of South Bend, one of the largest manufacturing plants of the country. This instance of liberal giving is a manifestation of Mr. Studebaker's true spirit. He is a philanthropist. ' He has long been a trustee of this institution, and in him De Pauw University has one of her most substan- tial f1'iends.