DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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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

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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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Zin jllilemuriam Perhaps never didl a keener sense of sorrow and loss settle over the Whole campus than at the death of a man much beloved and idiolized by DePauw, Colonel James Riley Wveaver, scholar, teacher, soldier, and diplomat. ln 1867, after receiving the degrees of A. B., A.lVI., and S.T.B., he took a profes- sorship at West Virginia University. Two years later he entered the diplo- matic service and for sixteen years held consulships to Italy, Belgium, and Aus- tria. He then came to DePauw, where he taught several years, always the ob- ject of the admiration and love of both students and faculty. ln 1917 he retired as Professor lfimeritus of Political Science, and on January 28, IQZO, the victim of advancing years and heart trouble,he unexpectedly and quietly passed away. 16