Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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+++++++ Board of Trustees. Charles B. Stuart LaFayette. William A. Banks LaPorte. Jasper N. Davidson Whitesville. Sylvester Johnson Irvington. David E. Beem Spencer. Jasper M. Dresser LaFayette. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. Charles B. Stuart President. Edward A. Ellsworth Secretary. James M. Fowler Treasurer. +++++++

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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.

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FACULTY ' c:: -=::: :; J. H. SMART, A. M., LL. D.; President. A. M., Uartinouth, 1S70; LL. I)., Indiana State University, 18S3; Sigma Chi ; Associate Editor A ' eza Hampshire Journal of Education, ' i860; Principal of Toledo, Ohio, Schools, 1863-65 ; Superintendent Fort Wayne Schools, 1865-75 ; State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1876-82; U. S. Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1878; President National Educational Association, 1881 ; President The National College Association, 1890. W. F. M. GOSS, A. M., Profe.ssor of Experimental Engineering. A. INI., Wabash, 1888; Instructor in Mechanic Arts, Purdue I ' liiversitv, 1879-83 ; Professor of Practical Mechanics, 1883-90; Professor of Experimental En- gineering, since 1890; member of American Society Mechanical Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Indiana Academy of Science. MOSES C. STEVENS, A. M., Professor of Mathematics. A. ;M., 1.S82, Earlham College; Professor of Mathematics, Haverford College, 1859-63; Principal Salem, Ohio, High School, 1S67-76; ]iresent position since 1883 ; member Indiana College Association, National Teachers Association, Indiana Academy of Science. OSCAR J. CRAIG, A. M., Ph. D., Professor of Political Econ- omy AND History. A. B., Asbury University, 1881 ; A. M., DePauw University, 1.S84; Ph.D.,Woos- ter U niversity, 1890. JAMES TROOP, M. S., Professor of Horticulture and Ento- mology, HORTICULTCRIST TO EXPERIMENT STATION. B. S., Michigan Agricultural College, 1S78; M. S., same college, 1882; Assist- ant in Botany and Horticulture, Michigan Agricultural College, 1880-83 mem- ber of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American For- estry Congress, American Horticultural Society, American Pomological So- ciety. ARTHUR L. GREEN, Pii. C, A. M., Profe.ssor of Chemistrv and Dean of School of Pharmacy. Instructor I ' niversity of Michigan, 1882-86; member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Chemical Society, American Phar- maceutical Society, Indiana Pharmaceutical Society.