DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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W my tw st ,x X student had to be in his room or at. some lecture during recitation hours. and at home at night unless he attended a religious meeting or some other meeting allowed by the faculty. Dancing was outlawed until 1926. Strange- ly enough the university liberalized to the extent of accepting co-education in 1867. even over the sharp protest of a student petition. Asbury progressed through the nineteenth century. until it struck a financial snag in 1882. Bankruptcy seemed imminent. but at the crucial moment Washington C. DePauw gave to the school a sum which he had set aside to found a college at his death. .On January 1. 1884. Asbury became DePauw in deference to his generosity. In the early days oratory and debate were the leading student ac- tivities. The first, ventures into athletics were unforunate fiascos. Wabash trounced the Old Gold baseball nine in 1866. 45 to 32. This probably gave rise to the traditional rivalry between the schools. DePauw celebrated the Columbian Anniversary in 1892. and certain alumni brought the now historic boulder to the DePauw campus to be the central point in the celebration. This year DePauw is holding another celebration. and the thought of past greatness and of men who have at- tended classes here makes the present student body and alumni expect an even greater century to have passed for DePauw by the year two thousand thirty-seven. campus - not so long ago V, .. . ...-.......-v7.A--....-.-..- s -W Wd- A. . -,,. -,. .. 1 i 1 V lv 'iF,' x 'V X, . L-,Ji X fag, tr ww: fi, ' .l, gmssvi..-Q-:l11...? Y, ,fi yu' 5 ,,,s,s11i., ...,.-,? Taq if H ' Ai if - K NL.. .... ,. ..... -H .... 1 lit Q,fQ5:Q liz. A I M -.jc- Sl, fpivruxxi . it it if fiery - . t a 4 y JL I ja ' il l JL' Brgif ,g,.,,,'V 1 4 . '+L Tv, H ,Q Ng- ' Gif. f'. i'TjTff'iTT'n El liigjli 5 ,-, 5 9 if- l'llIl1il.'EIl3,gl5 if - ,ll f t' n ti ann vii 4f.f::.w'--wt 1 rytxta'-'+-4--pri' 'f !'1i ,, - ., ' ... .aa-4 H148 Nwllkvwufg, H7504 ,dr j-'JJ-3 L,.I'+lv1 f 7 ' ' ' ' - ' I V hs' r-. V. ll 2? l t fit f id L ? Rl'i iLffH+ Q- , Lf 1 l' '-11 I dl. 5 , .QH,'e-..Ln5ii?: li'5'Hl if a .ng Ll. :':V1,.q4, I A ef-A. .. Q5 1 is , t E'3ZVL'1g4Q gg... . fe irinrfirwi ASENILAQZ f HLIHIVERSIIY, - i201

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ri, 3'0- XA 5,69 O When Indiana was an almost. unbroken wilderness and Greencastle a twelve-year-old village of five hundred. two coatless students enrolled in Asbury College. They were t.he first student body and the faculty out-numbered them eight to two. However. the next year the college increased by leaps and bounds to a student body of eleven. and the school may be said to have really begun at this time. In bidding for Asbury. Greencastle had gained precedence over Putnamville. Rockville. Indianapolis. and Madison. One of the many reasons given was that this was the most beauti- ful spot in this section of Indiana. Primitive was the only word which described the new college. The faculty taught and tended the meadows. lec- tured and kept the livestock from despoiling' the campus. For these extra tasks they were given the hay which srrew on the campus in order that they might keep some livestock of their own. Since there were no dormitories. and the cur- rent price for a week's room and board was the prodigious sum of a dollar and a half. most of the students bached for themselves. Their life was strictly regulated. Chapel was compulsory. as was attendance at some church on Sun- day morning and at some lecture in the afternoon: the I19l

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x 2 x' .ii ' At the inauguration of President Wildman great men came to walk in the snow. eat lunch. and to congratulate him. and DePauw University too. 1 ,- ,- + 1