Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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? etro(i)pect. XOTHI- ' R year of college life is nearly passed, and shortly another class will have been added to the alumni list. Lookiii : back over the year, it is with pleasure we note the progress and i ood fortune that has befallen our alma mater durin.g the college year. The faculty has been strengthened, the facilities of the University have been increased, the number of students has been the largest in the histor - of the rni -ersit -. Through the generosit - of Amos Hai elon the Haivelon Labora- tories are in course of construction, and when complete will be the most e. tensi e laboratories dexoted to mechanical science in the country. The legislature wa ]M ' e ailed upon to smile this ear, and opened up its heart b apjM ' opriating 550,000 for Ituildings in addition to the 530.000 maintenance i und. Athletics ha e done nuich to proclaim the vigorous condition of Purdue, far and wide. The foot-ball team achieved a series of bril- liant victories, and suffered no defeat during the entire season. Pur- due holds in trust the Lafayette Cup, b} ' -irtue of the State cham- pionship. Our sturdy eleven defeated, with heavy scores, the teams of Ann Arbor, Chicago Uni -ersit ' , Champaign and Wisconsin. Purdue contributes an elegant display for the World Columbian Exposition, consisting of specimens of work done in laboratories, illus- trations of buildings, class work and athletics, and many other things that will be of general interest. The year has been one of progress, and has opened the way for a decided improvement during next year.

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Hntoe IfDaivclon. -3 £- AMos Hai -i:l() va born in Bntk-r county, Ohio, Au.i;usl 15, 1S2S. In 1.S31) his parent. remox-ed to Clinton count -, Indiana, where Mr. Haivelon has since resided. His father was a fanner, and, carini; not to dix ' ert from tlie X ' ocation. l)rou,i;]it up his son to the same pursuit, in which the earnestness and persistence- wliicdi characterized .Mr. Haivelon has brou.i ht success to him : success whic-h had for its foundation a rugi ed constitution, a keen business disposition, and a watchfulness of the odds and ends, so essential in an agricultural pursuit. He was judicious in making iu e tments, and graduall - accunuilated (juite ex- tensive farming lands, which ad anced with the de ' elo])ment of the cotintr}-. Later, in i i75, he invested in some banking stock which proved not to l)e a mone --making euture, and again was his attention turned to the farm. He subse(|ueuth- coiuerted his farming interests into U. vS. bonds and real estate in I ' rankfort, and later, in iSgo, was instrumental in establishing the Clinton Count ' Bank, in which enter- prise he has since been an active worker. Mr. Haivelon has nex ' er married, li -ing a devoted life to his mother, who shared his various fortune. until her death. His life has been one of close application to business, and success has crowned his efforts, and now. while on the shady side of life, he has seen fit to share wnth Ptirdue and foster the development of industrial education.