DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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FT TI ub-bub ofo ege life W MES in the h ur col- e are prone to f' wh h orget those o ave made possible this for us. It is tl privilege , ierefore, our humble and als ' most futile purpose to attempt to pay our meagre tribute to the lives and spirit of OUR PARENTS. Some ot' them are sac in f rihcing to h l our struggle F e p us or a higher educationug some have no Hnancial worries to hamper them in aiding us. Some of them can offer up only Prayers for our success, and some have passed already in to the Great Beyond. But in spite of these differences, in spite ot the digerent strata of society, we feel that the devoted relation between parents and sons, between parents a d merits n daughters, a monument which we dedication, ca l , in this n f'ulHll only partially. Cur lives are their lives, our sorrows their Sorrows, our victories their victories. ln time of triumph we wear the laurel wreath, but they broadcast the honor, in time ot' sorrow, we pay the penalty but they bear the burden . It is to that spirit ot' unswerving love and und ' that w d ' ying devotion e edicate this, our Annual SX

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D CLUC Cd RXNXARXLY , the purpose and ohiect of a Coiiege P-nnuai, as we see it, is to present adequateiv and viv- idiy, in pictoriai form, the activities and iife of a particuiar Campus, making this picture pecuiiariy a part and parcei of oniy this one campus. We cannot hope to present this picture perfectiy true in aii its detaiis,hut if our efforts may give a faint giimfner of the cherished mem- ories and associations that we have formed vvhiie at oid Defauvil, then the aftermath of criticisms perhaps may he borne more easiiy. When the Def' auvv of tomorrow has attained proportions vastiy different frcm those of to-day, when the DePauw of today iavs ciaim to our memory oniy through prodigious effort on our part, then it is our sincerest hope that this then musty voiume of the NHRA may recaii speedihj to aii of us pieasant thoughts of our days here at oidUePauviI . With these tvvo thoughts in mind, vile, who have had the honor of compiiing this issue ot the P-nnuai, present the X925 NYXRAGE. GE I

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Indiana Asbury-De-Peznw University tv EPAUW UNIVERSITY is the projected shadow of Indiana Methodism. Never in its history has one man's ideas or purse dominated the institution. It stands today a composite result of many minds and contributions from countless friends. In the early frontier days when Indiana was still a wilderness, dotted here and there with clearings and towns, the Methodist Church was even then a living force in the state. In the primitive conditions of that time the leaders of Indiana Methodism realized the need for an instituton of higher learning and the obligation upon the Church to found and support one. The first expression of this was the action of the Indiana Conference of 1832 in adopting a-report, submitted by Allen Wiley, Calvin W. Rutter and james Armstrong, that a college, under good literary and moral regulations, would be of incaleulable benefit to our people. In I835 the Indiana Conference passed a resolution to establish Indiana Asbury University, the institution to be named in honor of the great pioneer bishop of Methodism. The slate legislature granted a charter, january 10, 1837, creating the university corporation, which was forever to be conducted on the most liberal principles accessible to all religious denominations, and designated for the benefit of our citizens in general. It is in these words that the true spirit and ideal of the University is found. Always under the patronage of the Methodist Church, the institution has consistently sought to hold before its students ideals of christian living as well as the torch of truth. The doors of the University have always swung open to students of all religious denom- inations and from all countries and in no sense has its policy ever been narrowly sectarian. The chief competitors for the site of the institution were Putnam- ville, Rockville, Madison, Lafayette, Indianapolis and Greencastle. The latter, a village of five hundred, ojfered the largest financial in- ducement, a subscription of eighteen thousand dollars, and was selected. From this began the long and harmonious association between the citizens of Greencastle and the University.