DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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OLD ASBURY HALL The Uflnihersitp : : I :Kits Ziaistnrp Eighty-three years ago the corner stone of Asbury Hall was lowered into place, and the first building of what is now DePauw University was begun. Five years before, in 1832, the Indiana Conference of the Methodist Epis- copal Church had determined to found a school of higher learning in this state. From then on, until 1837, the work of securing funds and deciding on location for the school progressed. By that date, Greencastle had been chosen for the seat of the school and the erection of buildings begun. The school opened the following year under the corporate title of Indiana Asbury University in honor of the great pioneer bishop, Francis Asbury. Its first president was Bishop Mathew Simpson. The Civil war stripped the college of its men, and the financial troubles of 1883 threatened to close the school. It was then that Washington C. DePauw made the first of a series of gifts to the University, which averted the disaster. In recognition of these gifts, the name of the school was changed, in 1884, to DePauw University. Having passed through some of the most trying periods of the country's his- tory, and at one time faced with financial failure, DePauw University now stands with an equipment of more than a million dollars in buildings and land, and an endowment of upward of two millions, perhaps more than that possessed by other than state schools in this section of the country. 11

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jnrzhanrh This book is the result of a purpose. How well the pur- pose has been attained is not for us, but for you to determine. We have had but one aim and that aim was to truly mirror DePauw-to picture, in its true perspective, every activity and interest-to somehow crowd between these leather covers everything that is of DePauw, and finally, if possible, to catch a little of that indehnable something that we call Our Spiritv-that thing that is more than buildings, more than campus, more than anyone thing, but the sum and substance of all things, at DePauw. To this end we have utilized the best of materials and workmanship and surely the best of our effort, misguided as it may have been. We sincerely hope that The Purpose has been attained and that the IOZO Mirage pleases DePauw today, and that Tomorrow it may serve to make this year at DePauw live again. 10

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My . . .- . ' ' ' 111.5 M Alia' V . .ai lNfl'CKEEN ATHLETIC FIELD The Uklnihersitp : : em rnjetts A NEW ATHLETIC FIELD Perhaps the best news that those interested in DePauw and its athletics have listened to recently is the news that an active campaign has been launched to secure for DePauw a new and thoroughly modern athletic field. It is the more Welcome because it fills one of DePauw's most glaring needs. Other departments are fairly well equipped. The need for a woman's dormitory, a new gymnasium, and an administration building has been admirably met during the past few years. At the same time that these improvements have been going on, there has been a marked improvement in the calibre of DePauw's athletic teams. Coach Buss is to be congratulated on the results he has attained in spite of the handi- caps that the run-down condition and concrete surface of McKeen Field have imposed upon him. Certain it is that the injuries received by men due to the hardness of the field have seriously weakened the teams, to say nothing of the inexcusability of crippling men who come out to represent the school in athletics. Otherwise, the condition and appearance of the field is run down to the point where it does not reflect any particular credit on the school. At the annual Football Dinner held at Indianapolis at the close of the past season, the first steps and plans were considered for a new field. Since that time, the Alumni Athletic Board has been actively engaged in securing proper backing for the project, and it is now thought that a new field will be realized in the immed- iate future. At the time that this book goes to press, those in charge have refused to di- vulge any particular plans or information, but there is every reason to believe that the new stadium will measure up in size and completeness with all of De- Pauw's recently constructed buildings and will lack no feature of modern athletic requirements. XYitl1 this added equipment, DePauw teams will be able, in a greater and greater degree, to prove their calibre, and the presence of such a new structure will greatly enhance the appearance of the campus. 12