DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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llnbiana Eleburyswe llbauw University 3 3 3 1 school is one. of the pioneers. It was organized in' the days of small 'T 'X 959.9 thmgs. Methodist ministers and laymen, by great sacrifice, laid the foun- dation. gg, fit Many of these men were college trained men. They had the keen O foresight of the prophets, and saw that Indiana was to be a battlefield in 4 national politics-a kind of determining factor in moral, financial and ami, QTQQ j political problems-as the centuries went by. These men saw, too, that ' the church of the future would be the church most strongly fortified in 053' . . . . colleges of high grade, and universities for special training. The founders of Asbury were not men of wealth, and yet they were rich men-rich in devotion, loyalty and consecration-rich in their concep- tions of a trained leadership for church and state-rich in the spirit of liber- several years to pay their obligation. as they were not getting more than three times that sum per year as salary. They gave till they had to deny themselves in food and raiment, that their sons and daughters might have at least an equal chance among the sons and daughters of' other schools. Talk about heroism on battle fields, or courage in persecution or plagues ! The world has few chapters of heroes that displayed more moral courage, loyalty and depri- vations, in order that the church might become established, and civil government deeply rooted, than the men and women who came into the forests of Indiana, and laid the foundations for the splendid civilization of this day. The location of the school was a matter of long debate. There. are two classes of locations for a great school, both have their advantages, both have their disadvantages. The first is to locate in a village or secluded place, out of touch of the currents of com- mercial and business life, where the temptations to amusement and dissipation are reduced to a minimum and where the school crystalizes around itself a kind of sentiment and community in harmony with the spirit of literary and moral life. The second is the location which is in the midst of the exciting and stirring life ofthe world, in some great center of business and commercial life, where there are hospitals, librar- ies and art galleries, that are accessible to teachers and I .. , -. Bay l dw' l' , s r si 9 93 4 rf' -f C I 4 I X ality, for many of them gave to this school S100 or more, when it took them O 'o students. With these good things are the distractions of fflg f lop, in such a center-social attractions, the play-house, saloons, -ff-P-Z WV gambling devices and other dangerous influences at their ,MQ-,l ' ,,W,,ufggW2 maximum, which distract from studious habits, and en- -i'f',,, 'l Wll 'l danger the lives and characters of young manhood and 'gt Q' 'j ' 'fi-ff ' young womanhood. lr, x -. fjiglbj , Our fathers, after long and Prayerful consideration, 'f 247 i J ' Q' selected the first class, and chose Greencastle for the location of Asbury University. In many respects the location is ideal. It realizes all the advantages that are to be found in this kind of a location-healthful, sightly, secluded. economical, democratic in social matters, surrounded by intelligence and moral sentiments, a community in sympathy with the University, and yet shows no disposition to meddle with itsiaffairs, and where the distractions and dangers to youth are reduced to their minimum. Perhaps there is not another school of the grade of De Pauw University in the land where a student is more protected from organized vices,where he 26

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Elssistants anb Gators 'lin the lU8I'lOl.l5 ECDHITITIBIIYS ot the 'U1l1lVCI'6itQ 333 FRED W. FOXWORTHY, Phi Delta Theta, De Pauw University, Class of 1899, B. S., Majors Biology, Germnn and Oratory. Tutor in Mathematics. EFFIE ALMA PATEE, De Pauw University, 1898, Ph. B., B. P. '96, Majors German and Art. Tutor in German. JOHN IWIITCHELL HARPER, Sigma Nu, De Pauw University, Class of 1899, A. B., Majors Greek and Political Science. Instructor in Greek. CLAUDE S. WATTS, Phi Kappa Psi, De Pauw University, Class of 1899, Ph. B., Major English. Assistant in English. HENRY H. LANE, Sigma Chi, De Pauw University, Class of 1899, Ph. B., Majors Latin and Biology. Instructor in Physiology. NORA SEVERINGHAUS, Kappa Alpha Theta, De Pauw University, Class of 1899, Ph. B., Pro- fessor of Latin and English, Huntingburg, Ind., High School. Major German. Instructor in German. - MINTIE ALICE ALLEN. Kappa Alpha Theta, De Pauw University, 1894, Ph. B., Professor in Anderson High School, Majors English, French and Political Science. Instructor, in English. ELIZABETH McIN'rosn, Kappa Alpha Theta, De Pauw Universily, Class of 1899, A. B. Majors Latin, English aud History. Assistant in English. BESSIE SUDRANSKI, De Pauw University, Class of 1900, B. S., Major Mathematics. In- structor in Algebra. ELEANOR C. DOAK, Coates College, 1892, A. B., Assistant Coates College ,92 to '93, Pro- fessor of Mathematics Coates College, '93 to '97. Graduate Student, Chicago University, 1897. Instructor in Mathematics. WARREN S. PETERS, Phi Delta Theta, Phi Beta Kappa, De Pauw '98, A. M. '99, Major Latin. Instructor in Latin. ELIAS H. WELLS, De Pauw University, Class of 1900, A. B., Majors History and Greek. Instructor in History. FRED AUSTIN OGG. Beta Theta Pi, De Pauw University, Class of 1899, Ph. B., Majors History and Latin. Instructor in History. FRANK T. TAKASUGI, Phi Delta Theta, De Pauw University, 1896. A. M., '99, Majors Political Science and Greek. Assistant in Political Science. 25

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has such good advantages for so little cost, where he is measured more by his merits than by his money' or family connections-than he has in Greencastle at De Panw University. The early graduates of Asbury College were either young men unusually gifted and fairly well trained, or else they were mediocre in natural gifts and unusually trained, for a large per cent of them came to high rank and positions of responsibility in I church and state. The first Presidents were men of strength and training. Two A ' ' of these Presidents were called directly from the school to take or M-f will! J. - ', if .l F 1 . fi, ,lp , fllllwliillif P ' W W ee I Ellis ,Q H . M . V -. I 1. . I . '. l , M lim' . -W . , . fl i .il I their places among the bishops. While many of the teachers stand among the strongest men of the central west. Qi- -IE - f . I VM. J W if 39 ,, ,yin S. ,i 'P 2.-' The school has had, from the beginning, a character and ll if .w Q 5 l' , if 'll V I I V' ' MN ' ' N' , i patronage peculiarly its own. Like the potter shaping the clay, ,fgfb .3 15. W ' De Pauw University has deeply impressed the manhood and psy- Q SM W , X womanhood that came within her walls, so much so that the Jil school is known all over the land for pluck, New Testament ' A N' , ui I democracy, power in public speech, liberal training, enthusiasm 3- f Q M W ,le W A, 1 K and the genius of getting to the front. . phi: ' ff ' A Iii 'I X' QQ, One of the high church officials said to the writer recently, ' 1 all ,lilly l There is something peculiar in your environment and spirit at -U ' ' De Pauw University that puts your men to the front. This is J' ' me known in the East, and is often a matter of remark. De Pauw University stands for something. It is the West Point for a larger field than Indiana Methodism. Horace Mann said, The brow of the Irish peasantry went down one inch when the government made it a penal offense to teach the youth. If the Methodists and friends of higher Christian education in Indiana should fail to stand by this great school in these days of transition and preparation for a K -EJ- ' ffyfk..- ' ' 1 'l I ' Q larger future, they may expect the brow of Methodist leadership in home, industrialism, mercantile and professional life to sink one inch Q, in this part of the country in the first half of the twentieth ceutury. nl , fl XN 4 That would mean the Methodist church to take the sidetrack and ,1 ' HV.. , -5, give the right of way to stronger schools and churches. 'I -,A 6' X -, The school does not now attempt as wide a range of work as was 5, 'FJ If undertaken several years ago, but the very fact of narrowing down a I ll. Lf!! stream, deepens and strengthens its life current. The school never h V H53-94. evidenced greater vitality than it does to-day. The personnel of the 1 Lf V, WI'-. student body is fully up, and the enthusiasm and college spirit are as if X 'AQH flux X marked as ever. I :,.- -'li xl But many are asking, what of the future? The past is a glorious if ' F ffgliim record, and is secure. It depends not upon occult influences for l f-I honor and immortality. The awful reality of the present is upon us, X Y . Q .filly i 5 and we are meeting our obligations fairly well. But to-day is the 1 K I father of to-morrow. This generation makes the sentiment of to- tg Q ll X. , H ,JP morrow-holds the influences that will make very largely the senti- lla ment and character of the first half of the twentieth century. mt' Mr. Gladstone was asked, What will be the policy of England ' to-morrow? And he said, Go over to that group of students in the campus at Cambridge and listen to what they are discussing, and I will tell you the policy of England to-morrow. The future of our republic depends largely upon the future of our Christian Universities. One-fifteenth of Methodism is found in Indiana. It is tantamount, therefore, to say that one- 27