Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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lIntro uction Go little book God send thcc good passage HE appearance of another Debris is the signal for another explosion of sentiment, wit and wisdom : and the editors are bold enough to assert that they are no exceptions to the rule. and hence the trio — sentiment, wit and wisdom, will be hopelessly intermingled in the following pages ; but we trust, gentle reader, that you will be able to distinguish between them, to appreciate our herculean efforts at sentiment, our well-intended wit. and our wisdom, obtained bv four vears contact with the learned professors of Purdue. Out of the ashes of our burned building we now see the ma|estic tower of our great shops, we hear the thrilling music of her chimes, and en|oy the privileges of the greatest laboratory of its kind, which, but a few years ago. was but the fond dream of Purdue devotees. Thus we have a material basis upon which to base the bright future of our institution, and to predict the greatest fame for her. The year just drawing to a close finds us well equipped with a new gymnasium, many needed campus improvements, better arranged and commodious laboratories, a growing interest in music and science and. last and most important, as fine a corps of new instructors and professors as has entered for many a year. But these speak for themselves, and are facts that have grown to be a part of our daily life ; and what we now accept as necessities, were, but a short time since, considered luxuries far beyond us. Even our beautiful new library room has ceased to hear exclamations of Oh ! ' Ah ! How pretty ! and must now listen to the grumbling of the tardy reference reader. Thus through the endless ages we grow accustomed to the so-called wonders of the age before, and one decade calls the last decade slow. It is even thus with Purdue. Can we help calling years past slow, when we view with pride the many enormous advancements of the year |ust drawing to a close ? What would the members of a class in the 8o ' s say to our military department, with its new uniforms, new cannon and band, to the music of this year, the glee and mandolin clubs, the Civil Engineering Society, the extended engineering trips, etc. In conclusion, we wish to present this book, a monument to the class that presents it. Read it. enjoy it. criticise it. but — Be to our faults a little blind And to our virtues verv kind.

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Board of Cru$tee$ Six Vcars Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis Charles B. Stuart, LaFayette William A. Banks, LaPorte Tour Vcars John Martin, Brookville James M. Barret, Fort ' a5-ne Job H. Vannatta. La Fayette Cwo Vcars David E. Beem, Spencer Sylvester Johnson, Irvington William H. O ' Brien, Lawrenceburg