DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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EAST COLLEGE

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Department of History Andrew Stephenson, Ph. D. A liistorvy of this depztrtlnent should follow the gdnerztl lnw of all histories :ind l . . i hc-gin SUll1ONVll0l'U, shall we sity :in the :tgi- ol' l4rndil'ion? We might follow the plain ol' the old Anglo-Saxon writers and hm-gin with the ci-ezttion of tho world, but thori- nre too inztny centuries between the begin- ning of the world ztnd the beginning ol' the history dopuirtinent to mnlce such an ' we go linick to the sources of inforinzltion, We lind that they lend like the history ol' 4' oui'-fellas, the Anglo-Snixons, into 11. more F'squirrel-trztclc which :linztlly goes up at tree. On this tree we see at ditto, 1852, und. we leztrn that Miles' J. Fletclieri' taught history in Old Asbury :lt that time. Tracing down the line we see the names of B9l'll2l,l.'Cl JI. Nzidztl, Ben- jznnin '17, Hoyt, John Clztrk Ridpztth, Mrs. Belle A. Mansfield, Col. Jzunos ,Riley Weaver, till we come to Dr. Andrew Stephenson. Of those eztrlic-r ones we know but little, of the lztter ones We have more complete records. However, it is inte,-Nesting to note the development of the department, through the fifty years that have passed since the first recorded teacher was elected. In 1867, 'Benjztmiu Hoyt died, and for two years there was no history taught. Then, in 1869, Dr. Ridpnth was elected Prol'essor of .linglish Literature and Norina.l Instruction. History was one of the subjects inclnded in Normal flnstrnction. In 1871, the title of the Cllllill' was changed to Professor of ,Belles-Lettres ztnd History. After five years more of development, We read in the year-book of 1876, 'L from this chair are taught English Composition, History of the United States, outlines of Ancient, Mediaeval and Modern History, the Anglo- chroniele either ploztszmt or prolitzthle. ll'