DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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MR. EDWARD REc'roR PROP. H. B. LONGDEN Founder of the Scholarship Administrator Ulhe Qlfhtnarh Bestar Scholarship jfnunhatinn The Establishment of the Edward Rector Scholarship Foundation is one of the epoch-making events in the history of DePauw. g When the announcement of this great philanthropy was first made, even those in closest touch with the founder did not fully realize its magnitude and far-reaching effect. In fact it may be doubted if Mr. Rector himself realized the limitless possibilities of the thing he was doing. Sure it is that those charged with the Administration of the Foundation are, with the passing of time, more and more impressed with its growing importance and beneficence. That eminent man who, in making the announcement of the bequest, said in substance that it was the greatest thing that had ever been done for the cause of learning in the Middle West seems most nearly to have caught the vision. It is through the munificence of Mr. Edward Rector of Chicago that four hundred free scholarships in DePauw University have been established. These scholarships are now open to young men graduateshof the High Schools of Indiana who rank higher in character and excel in scholarship, and will continue through the four years' course if the Work of the student justifies the continuation. They will cover all tuition and fees, both departmental and special, in the College of Liberal Arts. These fees amount to about 5125.00 per annum. Mr. Rector has established a loan fund from which those honor scholars who actually need it may borrow. This makes it possible for any young man, who wants a college education, to secure it without being compelled to do more out- side work than is good for him. The chief purpose in the mind of the founder was the encouragement of scholar- ships in the high schools and colleges of the state, and, therefore, its attainment is an honor worth striving for by any young man whether he needs financial assistance or not. In granting the Scholarships the question is rather one of character and studcntship than need. 14

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The little Zllibeatre jlltluhement NEW PROjECTS LTo bring a realization of the need for a well-equipped Little Theater to the attention of those alumni and friends of DePauw who are interested in seeing the college go forward, is the task which the Duzer Du Dramatic Fraternity took upon itself at its annual banquet, January 17, IQIQ. Following the announce- ment of its aims, President G. R. Grose, Professor H. B. Longden, Dean Katherine S. Alvord, Professor H. B. Gough, and other prominent campus figures made it known that they heartily endorsed the movement, and would lend their aid in bringing the project to the attention of the friends of the college. The present auditorium and stage in West College is totally inadequate for the production of plays as they should and can be presented by Duzer Du and other campus groups. Time after time the need is felt for an auditorium which will seat large crowds, and yet combine with it a stage fitted for the production of the drama. Until .YZICTL an Audiforium can be comtrtzcted DePauw will bf Juj- ering under a handicap. A careful observer among students of the drama said recently that he is con- vinced that in the theatrical experiments in our universities quite independent of professional endeavor, rather than in the present day professional stage,lies the real hope for the future of the theatre in this country . Certain it is that with the commercialized stage being Hooded with theat- rical offal, offensive to the nostrilsl'-suggestive musical comedy and lascivious lingerie farce-the responsibility for the future of the dramatic art bears more weightly upon the shoulders of the amateur and the student in the colleges and universities of the country. Indeed, it is not inconceivable that the new trend toward a more wholesome and a more artistic stage will be the result of the work of the amateur collegians. That time is not so far removed when there were those who refused to grant to dramatic interpretation a place in liberal education. Today, all this is changed, and even the most conservative admit the value of sincere efforts in amateur theatricals, from every viewpoint. Lord Dunsany told Harvard students that undergraduate dramatics is one of the finest institutions of the American collegesw, at the time of his recent visit in this country. The achievements possible in dramatic study and interpretation on the De- Pauw campus are limitless. But the realization of these glowing possibilities is halted by a very practical consideration. That stumbling block athwart the path to the development of DePauw's brilliant dramatic attainments is THE LACK OE AN AUDITORIUM AND STAGE ADEQUATE TO THE NEEDS AND POTENTIALITIES OF THE CAMPUS, both now and for the future. No undergraduate, no group of undergraduates, have the time nor ability to agitate this movement further than merely bringing emphatically to the at- tention of men and women who are established financially, the need for such an addition. When some alumnus or friend of the institution-some one who has already arrived -sees and appreciates the abundant harvest to be reaped as a result of such an improvement, then a real step forward will have been taken, and it will be but a short time until the new Theatre rises upon the campus of our beloved Alma Mater. David E. Liliffzflzal 13

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THE RECTOR SCHOLARS A Scholarship is awarded to any young man graduate from a commissioned high school of the state who takes flrst or second honors of his class. ln case no such honor student offers himself, the committee on appointment will give consideration to the case of any young man who ranks in the high ten percent of his class, and will award him a Scholarship if, in its judgment, he ranks high enough to justify the award. A record will be kept of all Scholars before and after graduation, and it is hoped that such loyalty and enthusiasm will be developed that the fact that one has been an honor student will be of practical help and inspiration through- out the whole life. i In order to encourage scholarship in the University and to give anyone a chance to become a Rector Scholar in spite of previous work, ten Scholarships will be granted in addition to those given at the beginning of the Freshman year to the ten young men who make the highest number of points in the regular work of the Freshman year. Also one Scholarship Will be awarded each year to that student in the Freshman, Sophomore, or junior class, man or woman, who makes the highest grades in his class. For the college year IQIQ-20 forty-eight Scholarships were granted. They are: Dale Allen, Irwin Armstrong, Henry Arnold, Clarence Baker, James Bean, Clark Beiriger, Gerald Bently, Mark Bills, Morris Bridwell, Kenneth Buchanan, john Cady, L.S. Cole, Robert Cornthwaite, Gilbert Darnell, Russell DeCoursey, Maurice Elliott, Austin Fillmore, Edward Ewing, Wendell Godwin, Walter Gregory, Samuel Hanna, james Hassett, Lewis Horton, Halford Houser, Wilbur Jones, Fred Linville, Neil Little, Marion Lynch, Harold hlartin, Thomas Middleton, Albert Paschen, Cohen Pierson, Dwight Pitkin, Ralph Plessinger, William Read, Harold Robbins, Owen Robinson, Louis Rosenberg, Benjamin Rufe, Dewey Sanders, Edwin Sayre, Cecil Smith, Emerson Smith, Delbert Smith, William Strain, George Study, james Sullender. Next year it is expected that there will be at least one hundred and fifty. And by the end of the fourth year most if not all the four hundred Scholarships will be taken advantage of. Only he who can estimate the results of having in perpetuity four hundred young men given the advantage of a liberal education can comprehend the good of this Founda- tion. H. B. Lofzgdfn 15