DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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.0313 De Pauw's New Gymnasium tBY FORD C. FRICKl AY back there in 1885, long before Dr. Grose even thought of DePauw; long before ttNiclf and Barnes and the rest of b; the youngsters were even out of short trousers, and long ago when our fathers and our fathersl sweethearts attended Old Asbury, DePauw made her bow to the athletic world. It was about this time also, that the student body, and the alumni and the alumniis friends, and the alumnil's friendsi friends began to realize just how much athletics meant to a college; just how much spirit was cultivated and good fellowship fostered; just how much honest loyalty and real ttpepll athletics developed for Alma Mater.. And then came the demand for a new gymnasium; a building where this spirit could be fostered and where DePauw could train her men and women, not only mentally, but physically as well. Years passed. There were agitations and agitations; meetings and more meetings; spirit and more spirit; and iinally, now, even as this book goes to press, the workmen are busy, and DePauW Will have a new gymnasium. What is more, it is a real gymnasium; a gym- nasium won FOR students BY students; a gymnasium that not only represents the growing strength and power of a live institution, but a material semblance of the tie that binds all the sons and daughters Who have known DePauw spirit. It embodies our traditions; it he- speaks 0111' enthusiasm; it typifies our loyalty. Yet, in all the work, in all the labor, and in all the troubles that have accompanied the gymnasium campaign, one man stands out pre- eminently as the leader. To one man has fallen the burden of con- ducting the campaign for endowment; on one man,s shoulders has 1 gm: WAYS ' L OCKER ROW L... VISITINC u TEAM h. GIRLS u E wr syowm E N a ROOM Q$ VJ k a a E W r W S E t- E A7515 .7- f C : a -a a - g FIELD a pmozm q i Roan! T; $ 132F551 Jr 114 r557 wraiwaw- E l$ Q: I 50190051 I E E HOME w TEAM Pr! 1 5075 L.- 70:16,! Lml? ROOM 1! mmmaw- Is YHMf I V BASEME NT OF GYM 6

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THE GRO UND BREAKING rested the responsibility of seeing the thing through, and to one man should go a great deal of the honor of giving DePauw the building which was most needed to make her a college among colleges. That man, tall and slender, with ready smile and lengthy stride, is Dr. George Richmond Grose, our president. ,1 From the moment of Dr. Grose,s first visit to the campus he had in mind this building. His dreams of a gLgreater DePauw,, have all centered around this new building which is about to be dedicated, and his efforts have all pointed toward the accomplishment of this one great good for our Alma Mater. Back in 1912, when Dr. Grose was only a youngster in DePauw traditions, he began to plan, and to plan systematically toward a new gymnasium Which would not only afford a place for freshmen to get their necessary llTwo hoursl Credit in Gymnasium and Physical Cultural as prescribed by the Manual for Students, but a place that would do credit to an institution whose alumni in turn are proud of her. So it was that in 1913 Dr. Grose made his initial trip in the in- terests of the new gymnasium. It wasn,t very fruitful, that first tripeat least if you consider it in the way of dollars and cents. But it did do one thing. It aroused the alumni to a full realization of the fact that we have a live president - a man who would be lead- ing them in their efforts to help'the school; it aroused the Trustees to a realization of the fact that DePauw really needed a new gym- nasium, and it awakened the friends of the institution; leaving them all sitting up with a how-long-have-I-been-asleep air, and a full sense of approaching duty.