DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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A litte later Dr. Wade, Who had disported himself so gayly in the endowment campaign, girded up his loins and jumped into the gymnasium campaign. Result-betting odds went up and divi- dends were declared on all stock, with a surplus to cover bond issues. And then when the Athletic Board came on. Say, you should have seen those old alumni and friends jump then. When nine men full of fighting ginger and red pepper, with a full determination to see the thing through if it was the last thing they did - when a crew like that becomes interested its time for dirt to fly. Incidentally it flew, and believe us, it was real flying. i- To those nine men goes SOME credit, and they went after it as if they wanted it. No half way stuff went. J ewett prepared a special line of superlatives and descriptive nouns. uVarf got out a double-lincd blue pencil and made marks that counted, and the other seven, well-ethey pushed, and incidentally reached a long hand into the farther-most pocket of their jeans and produced a note for the last five thousand. Consequently here We are with a brand new gymnasium on hand; an Alumni Board that is llfightenerj, than a lVIexican rebel, and an administration thatls for us all the way. Of course there Were others. First of all comes llhs. Caldwell, who gave Dr. 1rrose the first $10,000 toward the new building. And then thereis Charley Barnaby, and Eckhart and all those men and women who have stood by us from time immemorial, and who will be with us to the last ditch e and above all, there,s the men and Women who, altho not able to give in great sums, gave what they could and gave gladly. And perhaps a word about the building itself wouldn,t he amiss. On March the eighteenth we broke ground, and it was SOBIE break- ing. Prexy and Dr. Gobin handled the plow, and Barnett and some of the other illustrious ones pulled. It wasnlt a very good looking furrow, and once or twice Dr. Gobin rode the plow, but anyhow it all. a Minn y a MZDOQ? 1477725776 FIELD IJz flfr m 114 rfzr E MAXN GHIWIM JWJA 16W FI'Y'I'IIV' 801 717-7 FIRST FLOOR OF VGYM 8

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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.

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answered the purpose and broke the ice for the work to follow. And Prexy further displayed his energy by pulling up a great spadeful of innocent sod by the roots, and transplanting it to the other side of the street, and he was followed by Charley Barnaby, and Br. Blanchard and Prep hIcLeod'and then we all celebrated. And that was the start of the whole business, as far as the building was concerned. Of course we havenlt seen it completed yet, but we all know about the big swimming pool, with hot and cold water, and spring board and all that; and about the big gymnasium floorebig enough for two basket ball games and 800 students all at the same time; and the Y. lVI. C. A. rooms, and above all the kitchen where the girls can make f udge and throw parties. And we know about Ellis, office with regular stained glass windows, and shiny desk with glass feet, and regular leather chairs, and everything line like that. We know all about that, and we are glad, mighty glad. And when we get through looking at all the finer on the first floor, we just slip out through the' locker rooms, where they keep bathing suits and everything like that, all free for nothing. And those lockers, all painted up and shiny, and new, look pretty line, and you dont have to have a padlock either. And then you meander out of the back door into the indoor field? That,s what the authorities call it, but it looks bigger than all out-of-doors to us. Itys pretty nice too, with nice big windows all' around, and a baseball diamond and tennis court, and a track that takes all the wind you have to run around. , And then when you go upstairs and see the big cork indoor track, soft and springy-like, and fine as can be and a big vacant room that everyone knows is going to be the office of the DePauw Daily with l OFHCE E V l4 '5? OFFICE drama; a OFFICE E 0W! E E l 5 MmI-K Mh-iati V SECOND FLOOR OF GYM 9