Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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The next year heralded an event of but little less im- portance, the publication under auspices of Ionian of the first number of The Ea1'I1za11z.z'fv. And yet this event must have chary handlingg for in 189-l The Ea1'Ilza1111'fe and the Plz0c1zi.ria1z, a Phoenix product, were united under the name EarIlza11zz'z'c. Now here's the question: Has Ea1'll1cu111'fc number two anything to do with EGl'IlZUIllI'fC number one? How much deep language has been spent upon this prob- lem we are afraid to stateg but it is readily to be seen that the discussion is one of transcendent importance. Is this college paper thirty-three years old? or only a paltry twelve? We tremble and refuse to commit ourselves. Wliat modern improvements may not be expected now that there are an endowment fund and a college paper. VVe cannot be surprised to hear that the next year coal oil for lighting was superseded by artificial gas, whose glare with its smack of civilization must have instilled an ardent desire for progress into young minds. The leaven must have been working, for we find that year the rule promulgated that checkers, chess, and similar games and playing on musical instruments will not be allowed. Pre- sumably there was a reason. The years l878-80 are important ones in the growth of the college. For some time the management by Yearly Meet- ing had been unsatisfactory. Some changes seemed necessary, and in 1880 the college was incorporated as Earlham. under the management of twenty-five Trustees from the lndiana and the VVestern Yearly Meetings. This is practically the be- ginning of a new era for the Quaker College. .Xdequate and conscientious management, growth. influence and prestige were insured in new measure. The change was felt soon. Wlithin two years 3320.000 had been spent in repairs and alter- ations of Earlham llall. These were sadly needed. and with the change came comfort and cheer and sanitary conyenienet long lacking. The prosperity continued. lfach year the build- ing was taxed to its utmost and the student lnrtly' was tilled with energy and enthusiasm. l.iberalization was rapid-tha old days were passing away. New courses, new interests new ideals were becoming everywhere manifest. Even before the resignation of l'resident Xloore. in NSS the need for new buildings was pressing, but the years 'NF '86 left only two alternatives-new acermmodations, or re- stricted growth aiid lost opportunities. Slowly but surely the money came and in l837 the corner stones of two buil liltgs were laid. lt was an impressive occasionkthe sign of lfarl- liam's new birth. The following year, with the completion of Lindley Memorial llall -named in honor til' llr. .Xlfred and Eliza bl. Lindley who made the largest contribution to its erection: and of Parry Science llall -in honor of Xlordeczu Parry who gave the money for its erection-the neu lfarlham was fairly on its way: comnzodious class-rooms, a slrletltlil auditorium, numerous well-equipped laboratories. broad ia- cilities in many new directions. Along with the well-nigh universal movement in the col- lege world Earlham through these years of the early nineties was branching out rapidly into intercollegiate interests. 1 'ra- tory, debate, athletics, rapidly forged forward. ln all ways was our college taking a high place among lndiana colleges a place she has never relinquished, ln lN 2 came the gym- nasium, largely by student etfort and bet'--re many feats through the good will of llaniel tl. lit-id, the spleltrlltl athletit field was added.

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No, the college was tri grow, not to run wild. -Xnd grow it did. The hard years of the war saw a steady increase in numbers and in efficiency. The first of the long line of classes that stretch across the forty years and more was graduated in 1862-two members. '63 showed a class of only one: but this was just the beginning. Year by year the classes have grown in size until today the degrees awarded each .lime number near half-a-hundred. ln 1866 llarnabas C. Hobbs was elected Earlham's first president. XYe find, too, that about that time, The quantity nf rich food sent to some students by their parents i nf' . and friends having produced much inconveni- ence, particularly in a sanitary way, that practice will in future be objected to-.U Another ideal shattered-those young people were considerably like boys and girls nowadays! But alas, we of today have no guardians to keep us from too many sweets. In 1873 we find a long-felt want supplied in the obtaining of a fifty-thousand-dollar and con- stantly increasing endowment fund. Many rea- sons had made such a fund almost imperative and the energetic administration of President lX1'oore,who had succeeded President Hobbs in 1868, found means for this excellent beginning of it.

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In Race The Earlham of today stands among the best of NVestern literary colleges. for she is distinctly a college as contrasted with a university. Excellence in undergraduate work, the laying' of firm foundations of character, of manhood and womanhood have been and al- ways will be her desire. Though still distinctly an institution of the Friends, Earl- ham strives to be perfectly cos- mopolitan in a religious way. livery incentive toward right living' is fostered, but nothing' is required that could be distaste- ful to men and women of high character, irrespective of creed. Xl ate r i al improvements have come in abundance, along' with broader opportunities and higher ideals. .Xll the buildings have for some years been htted throughout with electric lights, and the minor changes for the better here and there are too numerous to mention. Most oi' the campus walks are now cement and the drives have been improved by grading' and g'ravelling'. Now that the lntcrurhan runs by our front gate we have :x convenient little yellow-brick station there with a spreading nt Years red-tile roof. Apropos, some bricks were left over and an ornamental CFD gateway was added last year. The largest single improvement has been the purchase and fitting up of a commodious house on Vtfest Main Street as an Annex,' for dormitory purposes. The future is full of prom- ise. Already a new dormitory is being strongly urged, with good chances for success in the near future. A 370,000 library is assured through the gift of Nr. Carnegie. This last is the brightest spot in all the outlook. Of these plans for new build- ings we would gladly speak at length-if there were much that is definite to say. The need for the dormitory has been felt for some years. as the overliow into the Annex proves. The Old Dorm, Earlham Hall, is, l , l ll 1 g u o e of tle Riel ionl land iowever anc wi ono' rema'1 n 1 ' in c - marks, picturesque old building that it is. The Library will probably stand opposite Lindley Hall, where the old athletic field had its place. XVhen this is com- pleted our Library facilities cannot be surpassed in the State. 18