Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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MI5T0RieAL or 0(JR ALAA riATEK. ■| K hundrL-d students dailv .isscmlik- uitluii the hall- of Purdue, aud «ho nf that nun.l.er ■ er think how this institution came to h:i e an existence r Wliat ni.itter u hetlier they ler know how it came to he Purdue To know that she is now a hvini; active college. vho,e hopes are fur the future, and not restin;, ' upon tlie work done in the past, is sufficient. Sr Were it not for the fact that in succeeding years we may become more interested m the liistorical part of our institution, it would be out of place to repeat here that which has iv ' fi alre.idv appeared in the preceding volumes. The historv of our Alma Mater can withstand any ition of triteness. . n act of Congress, luly 2, iSnj. donated ]iul)lii- lands to the various states ami territories for the est.iblishment and m.nntcnance of colleges of the industrial arts— a.griculture. science and mechanics. This national grant w.is accepted by the State of Indiana March 6. iSfii, and in two years the land wa sold for S:i2.ooo. Bv wise management, this endowment wa increased, by State aid, to 5340,000, bearing five per cent, interest. In 1S61) John Purdue, of La ? ayette, made a donation of si 50.000 to the State, which was accepted May 6th. of the same year. Other donations were made by Tippecanoe County and citizens, and thus secured the location of the Cniversitv at La Fayette. Prof. Richard 1 iwen. of the State I ' mversity. was m.ide the first President, but resigned very soon after election. Superintendent . . C. Shortbridge was chosen as the second President June 12. 1S74. and the Lnuersitv was formally opened September 17th of the same year. In March. 1S75. the State Legislature established the present organization of the Board of Trustees— sin m number— two appointed bv the State Board of .Agriculture, one by the Slate Board of Horticulture, and three by the C,o ernor. Pre ident Shortbridge resigned December ;,i. 1S75. Prof. K. I-:. White was elected to fill the vacancy, and began work in Mav. 1876. The school began to grow under his directorship, acquiring popularity in this ,iiul adjoining states. President White resigned in ISS ' ,. being succeeded by lames H. Smart. ex-Superintendent of Public Instruction. Since he

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o OOo Witli the third ohnno of the Ih-hns. the c The classes of ' Sg and ' qo received many may merit the same approval. It has not liecn to record the events of the college year. It ha few conclusions you may find have been drawn do not accord with your interpretat Material of high character, in literar Acknowled ' cmcnt is extended to Mr ' Sg. and Mr. Booth Tarkin- ton for their w of ■()! extend their compliments to the students and .i,n ' alulation on the success of their publications and v r purpose to please all — preferring to leave that task our aim to instruct— the facultv reserve the ri; not Iumni of Purdue, e trust that our effort to our successors—but ■ht to do that— but the ade from careful and logical deduction from all the facts available. If the inferences n. do not stop to argue the point but pass on to something else. content, art. typographical excellence and casing has been our aim. J. F. Yost for his contribution of poetry. Mr. A. li. Rogers, p, Mr. j. T. McCutcheon k in art.

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has assumed control Purdue has made a most reinarkalile i routli hi numhers, in the (]uahtv of the students, in et|uipment and enlargement of Faculty. The annual income of the I ' niversity is lar ' , ' er than manv suppose. The interest U invested (luuU is Si 7.500, annual appropriations from the State, 530,000; income from the .Morrill liill. s|(,,ooo; .iiid that deriveil from fee- m.iki-- .1 total of 570.000. Current lii5T0RY for the Year. The chan,i, ' es in the Faculty for the past vear have not been man . Dr. 11. K. .Stockhrid ' e resi-ned his position as Director of the Experiment Station and Professor of . .L;nculture. in June. Prof. Plumb. ice. Director of the I ' .. periment Station, assumed the duties of Professor of .Agriculture. Prof. Knaufft. of the . rt Departmenl. re-i.qned .it the close of the hrst term, and has been succeeded by Miss Laura . . Fry. Dr. P. I). Hinebauch. of the Department of eterinary Science, resigned in lanuarv. Professor Sidney S. Tuomblv has been elected his successor. .Additions have been made to the corps of instructors in the Mechanical Department. The growth of the University for the past year has been very marked, not o much in the erection of buildings as by the general equipment of the laboratories. These additions will be noted under the various departments in the pages that follow. While we did not receive a fair allowance from the past Legislature, we may feel somewhat complimented m getting anything at all. Twelve thousand dollars is a small amount toward the erection of a sixtv thousand doll.ir building, but it will make a beginning. The new Mechanical building, which is already begun, is three hundred feet east of the l.lectriral building, and will be one of the largest and best equipped in the country. The increase in the number of students this ear is in keeping with the general prospeniv of the school. Total number April 20 was 532.