DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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.1. 1 Che mirage-conrfnueo 33? previous class had also put out an annual. The '94 MIRAGE contains a list of the Presidents, since the founding of the University, with their biographies. They are as follows: Matthew Simpson, D. D., 1838 to I848Q L. W. Berry, D. D., Iq48 to 1854Q Daniel Curry, D. D., 1854 to 1857, Thomas W. Bowman, D. D., LL. D., 1859 to I872Q Reuben Andrews, D. D., 1872 to I , 1- HJ ,W N J-M-H -W-, :, I875Q Alexander Martin, D. D., LL- D., I875 to 1889, 9 Lrwzyligrn If Q35 W John. P. D. John, A. M., D. D., 1889 to 1895 lfand, in :M 4. 'Hin , jf ,' . 'ji X order to make the list complete, we would add Dr. yyyxfx . i I K 1 ' Y Vf-Q Gobin, acting President 1895 to 1896 and President fi I T ff! A A ' lyric 18965. . .,' - K I, l Some of the more noticeable things in this 6 5 ,i , x 1. - N ,.. ' 'Ea MIRAGE are the Annual Poem, by Minetta T. Taylor, X, RS-Q., L 'li a collection of songs, composed by Walter Howe QW ,. ..F,, !i.y. it '- 'lt I W 'D Jones, and pictures of some of De Pauw's most famous Q 1 V V V 'f,'i,i'ii4iCij,f,,., alumni. The book is one of the best ever issued by r M5 i.lii2Q.A,F,g,l,1i1' 'li lLW1li,Q1 any class at De Pauw. Q ii , -X f mm Ninety-six next came forward with a voluminous i VW I, , Q, fi-rvrqfgw l ,,,3,,,.5ggm.,,..uw'1 and attractive MIRAGIE dedicated To Bishop Thomas iUi,'ili I I I i hi ,,,. V, ' 'ly' Bowman, D. D., LL.D., Chancellor of the University, ll 1 , , A I and loving friend of every student, professor and mmmh ' ii . ,V citizen. This book is a compendium of carefully , -I' XSS! f I M if ,gi selected pictures and illustrations and of choicest V 3 -J ' ' 8 'Lv 7 F ,-WW! literary productions. It contains, among other things the pictures of the famous De Pauw Quartet and of the Faculty lined up in football attire, also other novel cartoons and illustrations. It has a very complete literary department, and, upon the whole, is the most elaborate and exhaustive treatise upon De Pauw University in general and the Class of '96 in particular that has yet appeared. Again the MIRAGE appeared in consecutive years, for '96 was followed by that of '97, ded- icated To the memory of Bishop Asbury, whose untiring efforts and indefatigable enthusiasm fostered the germ of education in the young commonwealth of Indiana and made possible the present status of our beloved University. The work contained nothing very original, being a follower of the same general lines laid out by previous editions. lt was a neat and well put up book, made especially attractive by many excellent and charming sketches and illustrations from the pen and Lbrush of Charlotte Paddock. Ninety-nine! Who has not heard of '99'S MIRAGIE. Any comment here as to its merits would be entirely out Of place. Books, as men, should not be estimated until they have been dead long enough for the impartial critic or historian to write unbiased and un- prejudiced. And as the annual issued by the Class of '99 has been repudiated by its projenitors, condemned by its class, and received with disappointment by the student body, it does not remain for 1900 to add insult to injury, but we anxiously restrain prejudices are forgotten, that some one may be fou11d to recognize in ,99'S MIRAGE, either real or imaginary, some quality that can be commended to a disappointed col- lege world. Our review is completed. We place this Hook, as the ninth volume in the series of the De Pauw MIRAGES, trusting that it contains something worthy of honorable mention in the next review of these publications. 9 'HW our opinion in the hope that at some time in the future, when personalities and

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Che mirage-conrfnueo 33? At that time, aside from athletics, military tactics and literary societies, De Pauw was organized into a vast symphony club, composed of the University Glee Club, . , College Quartet, Class Quartets, Moonlight Club, Musi- , I' cal Literary Club, Toy Symphony Club and Beetho- , ,,,.,,,t,, .:,. ven Trio. There were four literary societies contesting A for all college honors-Platonean, organized in 1838, Philological, organized in 1839, Philomathean, organized in 1870, and the Theological Lyceum, organized in 1883, i all of which are now extinct except tl1e latter. I The literary department was very meager, con- g2Tgf,'ffZ . o A grilling a few short poems and a farce entitled Princess N gantinei' QF . 1. Although our ancestral DIIRAGE does not excel vezjf -y ' , . 1 .4-R, l , U ' .f mnrh its ,QQ successor, yet it did map out and blaze the ' way for all following publications. It stated its purpose and outlined its policy, and the same general plan laid out by it has been closely followed by each and every BIIRAGE since put forth. In 1889 Volume II was issued, bound in red imitation leather, and was very attractive, both on account of its showy appearance and its very fine engravings. - It contained the pictures of the Faculty and various clubs and organizations, but no fraternity pictures. The pen sketches illustrating tennis and baseball were especially fine. It contained the first of a series of articles appearing in later editions attacking the custom of Sunday afternoon lectures, and it may he said that it was due largely to these ' early BTIRAGIQS that the practice was discontinued. , .X The next issue was in 1891. The book opens with pictures of the college I 4 buildings and of the editors, and in order that the class might receive all the N W glory the book was dedicated to the Junior Class. It devoted much space, and justly so, to the Students' Choice -the election ot Dr. John to the Presidency of the University. In order to place its mission and importance more clearly before the college world it adopted a platform, outlining an extensive policy, embracing both local and national issues. It devoteda great amount of space to the various schools and depart' ments, the Law and Normal Schools coming in for their share. N 1 I The fraternity pictures are arranged in a unique manner, each having for a X background the design of its fraternity pin. The literary department contains XX' some excellent articles that will be of wortl1 long after the pictures are forgotten. The Junior Class of '93 dedicated its iWIRAGE to the Class of '92, in order that it might not pass into history entirely unhonored and unknown. Isham Taylor was its editor-in-chief, and he has been, perhaps, the plainest spoken and most fearless of any who have filled that position upon a MIRAGE Board. The book abounds throughout with striking and effective illustrations, the majority of which are directed toward the Faculty. The book, as a whole, has the tone of being an encyclopaedia of Faculty weaknesses and University mis- managements. gig The Class of '94, in order to do something original, dedicated its annual to the fair maids of ninety-four. It was the lirst class to undertake the task of issuing a book when the 5 +1 in s N 5 T fk fy1 ff'Wfi',' 'viii if , 'U i i 'I' ' ,fi Qin.. M Jil, I, I :EFA li, gill i '. in si iiviii' Hi' 'ir ff--N --if i' 'i , X lx XM, xv' qlh, .N . wx 'X viii ,' . M f- , ily! ,ii it 9, ,L I All A .. Q f 8

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