DePauw University - Mirage Yearbook (Greencastle, IN)

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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

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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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the administration t22I When universities were first con- ceived. their regulation was a sim- ple matter. At. best the rule of the majority was the highest form of government, and indeed it was sufficient. For then there were no huge endowments to be invested and preserved. no buildings and campus to be cared for. no large faculty to regulate. and no great. student body to superintend. The educational system was a matter of personal relationship between a lecturer and his class. But in edu- cational evolution a tremendous growth has been effected so that now neither the student body nor the faculty is the dominant part of a university. Rather it is the arl- ministration which is recognized to be of primary importance.