Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 248 of the 1898 volume:

M. L. |fe £ j I, iilii I 3 183301721 8873 Gc 977.2 F= ' 97da 1898 Purdue University. .  . Debris Q d- A KjyU AX ' bWo fS ' i s- RTH SOUTH J. M. McCONNELL, Traveling Passenger Agent, LaFayette, Ind. JAMES B. SMART DEAD THE END CAME AT 10:30 WEDNES- DAY KIGHT. , --, OverwovUed for Several Years Past, tKe President of Purdue Yielded Up His Life in the Interests of the Uni- versity—A Sketch of His Life Work. ions Unsurpassed Special to The Indianapolis Sentinel. I LAFAYETTE, Feb. 21.— Dr. James H. Smart, president of Purdue university, died tonight at 10:30 o ' clock at his home in this city. He had been in ill health for several years as a result of overwork in his ambitious zeal to further best interests of Purdue. Until within the last month he has been able to look after his duties at the uni- versity. Since that time he has been confined to the house, although death was not looked for until a few hours before it came. In the gradual breaking down of a strong constitution his intellectual powers re- mained perfect until the last. Purdue owes much of what she is today to the tireless energy of Dr. Smart. riis Life. James Henry Smart, the subject of this sketch, was born at Center Harbor, N. H., Juno SO, 1S41. His father was Dr. William Hutchingg Smart, a practicing physician of great reputation. His mother was isancy | Farrington Smart of Hopklnton, N. H., a member of an old New England family. His earlv education was obtained at home, ana he was prepared for college at the Concord j high school. He was self-sustaining from the ago of twelve. He worked in a store aa clerk and bookkeeper until he was seventeen. He began his professional work in a New Hampshire public school on a salary ot ijlb a month. The first period of five years was passed in his native state as a teacher In various schools and associate editor of the Journal of Education. He came west in 1SC3 and secured the principalship of an Intermediate school in Toledo, O. In 1865 he became superlntend- entof the city schools of Ft. Wayne, Ind. He held this position ten years and gave great satisfaction. He became a member of the State teachers association at an early day, and soon ranked as one of Us leaders. In 1874 he was elected superintend- ent of public instruction. He wns re-elected in 1876, and asaln in 1878. It was the only tance of according a third term to a te official. His ability and splendid rec- J fully justified the exception. He came to office directly after the enactment of a tatute authorizing county superintendents of public schools, and at a time when there was a pressing demand for Its repeal on the plea of expense. The law was saved by hla persistent, skillful and well-directed efforts. He soon made It plain ' that the new system was very beneficial, and it has become very popular and is likely to remain permanent. In 1883 he was elected president of Purdue university, which position he still holds. Un- der his admlnKstration Purdue has ap- proached the ideal in technology. The university has been wonderfully pro- gressive, not only in experimental work on the farm, but also in applied sciences,. Including civil, mechanical and electrlctl en- Eineering. until it has become a polytechnic school indeed. Its laboratories and work- shops embrace all that Is latest and best in practical equipment. Courses of study have been revised and arranged with a view to securing definite practical results in hai- 1 mony with the distinctive character and jl avowed purpose of the school. The energy I displayed by the president in renewing and restoring the buildings, ' machines and in- struments destroyed or damaged by fire early in the year 1894, was unprecedented. What he accompllsed in a few months waa In fact a new creation, and as marvelous as the fabled Phoenix rising from Its own . ashes. Dr. Smart has been honored by in- stitutions of high repute. In 1870 Dart- mouth college conferred upon him the de- gree of A. M.; in 1883 thfc University of Ind- iana conferred the title of LL. D. He served as a trustee of the State university. . FAlttiXt and six years as trustee of the State normal V a im L.VWOI... school. He has been a member of the Ind- iana state board if education for twenty- seven years. A Foreign Appointment. In 1872 he was appointed assistant com- missioner for Indiana to the Vienna expo- sition. In 1878 he was appgiiiled commis- sioner to represent the United States In the World ' s exposition in Paris. In 1881 heservde as president of the National educational association. In 1890 he was president of the American association of agricultural col- leges and experiment stations In 1891 he was appointed representative commissioner of the United States to the agricultural congress at The Hague. He was the recipient of the highest honors con- ferred by the Teachers ' association of In- diana. In addition to papers, pamphlets and reports innumerable he published the following volumes: An Ideal School Sys- tem for a State, The Institute System of the United States, Commentary on the il School Lavv ' s of Indiana, The Shools ot Indiana. He used plain, strong, vigorous English,, always with a purpose in view. He en- tertained and instructed at the same time. His style was direct and pithy, entirely free from redundancy. His perception was keen, his analysis acute. Whether writ- ing or speaking he selected from a choice vocabulary the precise words that conveyed his meaning most accurately and elegantly. His work in every department of educa- tion was characteristically practical, in teaching, In superintendence, in official ad- ministration of the school system as a whole or the course of study and applied mechanics of an industrial university. He possessed to a remarkable degree the sense, of proportion and fitness. Continued application through a period of more than thirty years gave him the clearest insight into the philosophy of education and the largest wisdom as to methods and means to the attainment of ends. His individuality was very distinct and was impressed upon any work with which he was connected. In the accompll.shment of a purpose he wa3 willing to as. ume any amount of labor re- , quired and any measure of responsibility in- hd Ohio, Queen Cincinnati €;rawfcra$ville Tnaianapolis new Vork istern Cities j lt0 tati [lion station, Ci curred. Dr. Smart was politic, but not demagogical. His social intercourse was marked with courtesy and confidence. He trusted his friends and was unvarj ' ing in his friendshic. He was married July 21, 1870, to Miss Mary H. Swan of Albany, N. Y., a lady of rare literary ability and attainments, dau ghter of Prof. Swan of Grinnell college, of Iowa. In 1SS3 she was president of the Association of literary societies in Indiana, Routes, avoiding ; countr} ' call on WEAKLY nd Ticket Agent TTE, Indiana DEATH OF MS H. SMART PRESIDENT OF PURDUE PASSES AWAY AT LAFAYETTE, In Poor Health for Years, but the End Unexpected— At the Head of Purdue Since 1883. [Special txj The Indianapolis News.] liafayette, Ind., February 22.— Presi- dent James H. Smart, of Purdue Unlver- ■Ity, died at 10:30 o ' clock last night. Al- though he had been In poor health for four years, due to his constant work at the university, the announcement of his death was a shock to the community. It was not generally known that his con- dition was serious, and the people of the city were unprepared for the news. At his bedside when the end came were Mrs. Smart and two children, Richard and Mary. President Smart was con- scious to the last. Death was due Lo the gradual wearing out of what was once a strong constitution. When the first signs of his breaking health came four years ago he was un- willing to surrender his work at Pur- due, to which he had given the best years of his life. A year ago, however, he was persuaded to take a vacation, but was not content until back at his desk again, at which time it was thought he was greatly Improved. Loss of strength followed gradually until a month ago, when he was compelled to forego his daily visits to the university, and the end came sooner than had been expected. He filled the measure of the Ideal in his devotion to Purdue ' s inter- ests, and was loved by all who knew him. Arrangements for the funeral have not been made. Professor Smart ' s Career. James Henry Smart, A. M., LL. D., became identified with the educational forces of the State thirty-seven years ago. He .was born at Center Harbor, N. H., June 30, 1841. His father was Dr. William Hutchings Smart, a practicing physician of high refutation. His mother was Nancy Farrington Smart, of Hopkinton, N. H. A spirit of person- al independence posses-sod him in boy- hood, and found expression in a fixed I evolution to be self-sustaining from th age of twelve. At the age of seventeen he Tvas employed as teacher in a New Hampshire public school, on a salary of $15 a month and board. This was the beginning of a professional career which has continuously enlisted all of his ac- tivities and energies. He came West m 1863 and accepted the princlpalshlp of an intermediate school in Toledo. O., which he retained two years. In 1S55 he became superintendent of the city schools of Ft. Wayne, and from that time to the present Indiana has claimed hlrn for her own. He held the superln- tendency of the Ft. Wayne schools for ten years. He early became a member of the State Teachers ' Association, and stood among the leaders in lis proceed- ings. He was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1874, re-elected in ISTii, and again in 1878, holding the office continuously from March 15, 1875, to 1881. This is the only instance in which a third term has been accorded a State oRlcial since the adoption of the consti- tution of Indiana. He came into office directly after the enactment of a statute authorizing county superintendence of public scTiools, and at a time when there was a partisan demand for its repeal, on the plea of expense, and the law was only saved by his persistent efl ' orts. In 1883 he was elected president of Purdue, and has held the position to the present time. Under his administration the university has been wonderfully progressive. Its laboratories and work- shops embrace all that is latest and best, and its courses of study have, been re- vised, according to his ideas, until it has become a polytechnic school, indeed. Dr. Smart has been honored by insti- tutions of high repute. In 1870 Dart- mouth College conferred upon him the degree of A. M. ; in 18S3 the University of Indiana conferred the title of LL. D. He has served as trustee of the State University, and was six years a trustee of the State Normal School. He was a member of the Indiana State Board of Education twenty-seven years. In 1872 he was appointed assistant com- missioner for Indiana to the Vienna Ex- position. In 1878 he was appointed com - missioner to represent the United States in the World ' s Exposition in Paris. In 1881 he served as president of the Na- tional Teachers ' Association. In 1890 he was president of the American Associa- tion of Agricultural Colleges and Experi- ment Stations, and in 1891 he was ap- pointed representative commissioner of the United States to the Agricultural Congress at The Hague. In addition to papers, pamphlets and reports Innumerable, he was the author of the following volumes: n Ideal School System for a State. The Insti- tute Systems of the United States, Commentary on the School Laws of Indiana, and The Schools of Indiana. Continuous application through a period of nearly forty years had given him clear insight into the philosophy of education and large wisdom as to the methods and means for the attainment of certain ends. A resistless, nervous energy, which made constant drafts on a frail, physical or- ganism, was sustained by a will im- perious in its authority. In the accom- plishment of a purpose he was willing to assume any amount of labor and any measure of responsibility. Dr. Smart was married July 21, 1870, to Miss Mary H. Swan, of Albany, N. Y., a daughter of Professor Swan, of Grinnell College, Iowa. Dr. Smart ' s wife and two children, Richard A. and Miss Mary Smart, sur- vive him. The first Is at present pro- fessor of experimental engineering at Purdue, while Miss Mary Smart la in school in the East. GEN. HARBISON ' S WORDS. Speaks of the Character and Influ- ence of Dr. Smart. General Harrison, who is president of the board of trustees for Purdue Univer- sity, said: The death of President Smart Is a p-eat loss to the educational forces of the State, and almost an irreparable los s Purdue University. He had very lov- ble traits of character, and his intellect- inl equipment was of a very high order. e had the genius of common sense and very rare and forceful executive ability, [coupled with great suavity of manner. He was sincere and straightforward, anfl won his ends because his purposes were dlstinterested and his plans supported by convincing reasons. His intercourse with his board of trustees, and with commit- tees of the Legislature was characterized bv these qualities, and he rarely failed to get what he asked for in his work. Ho was not only an educator, but a fine ac- countant and financier. He could make a dollar do as inuch work as any man I ever knew. He once told me that in boyhood he was a clerk in a New Hamp- shire country store— a high school qf economy. He had an excellent knowledge of men and selected his professors with a rare insight. He did not appropriate their work, but gave generous praise to those who had won it. His part was to plan and direct and above all to inspire. For, though of feeble health and with im- paired sight, he worked without a stint and communicated enthusiasm to ail who worked with him. In his aersonal rela- tions he was gentle and considerate— a good friend. He loved God and all of his creatures. Charles E. Wilson ' s Tribute. Charles E. Wilson, who for many years was editor of the Lafayetta Courier, and who is now secretary to Governor Mount, was a close personal friend of President Smart. He said to- Say. I esteem it an honor to be privi- leged to say that Dr. Smart was for •nany years one of my nearest and best ' rlends. Purdue University, with all its aried, splendid and practical ramiflca- ;ions, will remain a monument to his In- iustry, foresight and integrity. His leart and soul were centered in it. For t? upbuilding he labored indefatlgably md unselfishly. He had prominence as in educator, but it wa-s as an executive jfilcer that he was moit efilcient In ierving the institution and the State. ::!omparatively few citizens of Tndi?.na -e.alize the magnificent proportions Pur- ine University has assumed, and still fewer are aware of the heroic self-sacri- fices Dr. Smart made in its behalf. Ho lived to see the institution receive recog- nition as one of the foremost technical schools of the world, and then he died— literally worked to death. In his death Indiana has sustained a great loss— not wholly Irreparable, perhaps, so far as Purdue University Is concerned, but, nev- ertheless, a loss the State will keenly feel. He was a thoroughly honost. thor- oughly conscientious ofllclal— a master of his profession and every inch a man. THE LAST SAD RITES. I Burial of the Late President Smart at Latayette. Special to The Indianapolis Sentinel. LAFAYETTE, Feb. 24.— The funeral of the late Dr. James H. Smart of Purdue univer- sity was held this afternoon at 2 o ' clock. There were services in the Second Presby- terian church, of which the deceased was a member, conducted by the Rev. John P. Hale. The remains lay in state at the church from 11 in the moi-ning until 1 o ' clock m the afternoon. Each of the regular classes at the university was represented at the services by twenty-five members selected by the classes. The senior pharmacy class sent eight representatives, the junior seven and the short course in agriculture was represented by fifteen member-s. Over half the church auditorium had been reserved for those in attendance out of the city, for the atudent delegates, the members of the faculty and others connected with the uni- versity, the board of trustees, the active and honorary pall-bearers and for the relatives and members of the family. The active pall-bearers were: Profs. Stanley Coulter, W. K. Hatt, C. S. Plumb, J. C. Arthur and Messrs. Montgomery Meigs and Brown Brockenbrough. sr. The honorary pall-bearers were: Vice- President W. E. Stone, Messrs. W. V. Stuart, Samuel Moore, Robert W. Sample, James Murdock, James M. Fowler, William M. Blackstock, Mortimer Levering, Dr. G. F Beasley, the Hon. James A. Mount, the Hon. Hugh H. Hanna, Dr. Joseph G. Swam, president of Indiana university; Dr. W. P. Kane, president of Wabash college, and F. L. Jones, state superintendent of public ! Instruction. ; The floral tributes were many and very handsome and came as offerings ' of love and sorrow from the faculty, board ' of trustees, fraternity and class organiza,- tions and from friends of the beloved presi- dent. Covering the top of the coffin and reaching down the sides was a pall made of i purple violets with a border of ferns, ihe ■■ scripture lesson was read from the fifteenth chapter of Corinthians, and the address was i- a beautiful one, truly setting forth the life and work of Dr. Smart and paying a fitting tribute to his great worth as a rnan Lead Klnaiy Light and Nearer My Go to Thee were rendered- by a quartet composed 6m Miss Elizabeth Millsprugh of the Purdue school of music. Miss Mary Roseberry, Dr P. N. Evans of the Purdue faculty and Thomas J. Barnes, jr., a for ' Purdue. Miss Eva Linn, a graduate from Purdue In 1897, acted as organist POfiOIE ' S NEIIK PRESWT DB.. W. E. STONE, WHO HAS VICE-PRESIDENT. Board Selected Him to Continue in the Position Which He Has Been Filling. The board of directors of Purdue Unl- verslty, meeting at the Denison Hotel, announced late this afternoon that they had elected Dr. Winthrop E. Stone pres- ident of the university, to succeed James H. Smart, whose death occurred some months ago. Dr. Stone was vice-presi- dent of the institution and has been serving as president since Dr. Smart ' s death. His election was somewhat unexpected. His name had been proposed, but It was Line understood the board favored another man. H. W. Wiley, of the division of of the United States Depart- prominently f the b spoke, of his trustees, the honorary Pall-I e ' ; ,, : iVis ' t before the meeting representative delegation from the Purdue - ' highly probable faculty. The board also appointed Prof. Wlll- — lam F M. Goaa, of the university, to Gen. Harrison ' s BenntiCnl Tribnte. the position of dean of the engineering Gen. Harrison, president of the board of schools. trustees for Purdue university, said today: a - - ' ■-   ■-•..- . The death of President Smart is a great loss to the educational forces of ' vhe statfe, and almost an irreparable loss to Purdue university. He had very lovable traits of character and his intellectual equipment was of a very high order. He had the genius of common sense and a very rare and forceful executive ability, coupled with great suavity of manner. He was sincere and straightforward and won his ends be- cause his purposes were disinterested a ad his plans supported by convincing reasons. His Intercourse with his board of trustees and with committees of the leeislaturs was characterized by these qualities, and he rarely failed to get what he asked for in his I work. He was not only an educator, but a I 4 fine accountant and financier. He loved God and all of his creatures. I WEST TO ST. 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Member of Chicago Bar C. E. Kremer, Esq. Member of Chicago Bar E. C. Higgins, Esq. Member of Chicago Bar Elmer E. Barrett, Esq., ' Secretary Member of Chicago Bar f Sessions Each Week-Day Evening Degree of Bachelor of Laws con- ferred on those who complete the three-years course satisfactorily to the Faculty. College graduates who have a sufficient amount of credit in legal studies may be ad- mitted to advanced standing. Ar- rangements made for supplement- ing preliminary education. Sum- mer course during months of June and July. For further information, address the Secretary, Elmer E. Barrett, LL.B. I50I 100 Washington St. Chicago  Chicago 1 I College of Dental Surgery | Dental Department of Lake Forest University 2 £ It The next annual winter course will begin Wednesday, October 5 1898, and « continue until April 5, 1899. The statements made below as to conditions, fees and courses of lectures relate to « d the year ending April 5, 1899, only. « 2 p Three full winter courses of lectures are required before graduation. Gradu- ates of pharmaceutical and undergraduates of medical colleges in good | standing and graduates of reputable veterinary colleges are admitted to the second=year course and can become candidates for graduation after taking two full winter courses of instruction. £ 1 2i THE COURSE FEE is $100. Board, including light and fuel, can be obtained at a convenient distance from the college at from $3 to $5 a week. «) i ; For Catalogue and Information address 4 I DR. TRUMAN W. BROPHY. Dean f I 126 STATE STREET I It 1 Chicago, III. t Rush medical ♦ ♦ College ♦ , IN AFFILIATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO i HE curriculum of this school of medicine requires a proper preliminary 1 education, and four years of study in college, devoted to laboratory, ■ didactic and clinical instruction, to recitations and to manual training in the use of instruments and appliances. Instruction is given in two capacious, well-lighted edifices. The new build- ing contains five large laboratories, in which are conducted the practical labor- atory courses in AISATOMY. YSIOLOGY AND HISTOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, MATERIA MEDICA, PATHOL- OGY AND BACTERIOLOGY The old building is devoted to instruction by clinics, didactic lectures, and by numerous important practical courses in manual training, in manipula- tions, and in the use of instruments employed in medicine, surgery, obstetrics and the specialties. Manual training in all departments of medicine is a special feature of the instruction in this college. Systematic recitations, conducted in five commodious recitation rooms, are regarded as a most important means of teaching. With over seventy professors and instructors, and with ample room and appliances, this school is able to furnish its classes with the most approved sys- tematic education in medicine. Physicians and medical students are invited to visit the laboratories and to inspect the educational appliances of this school. For further information and for DIICU MCIMPAI PAIICPC announcements apply to . . KUOrl iTlLUlLAL LULLCUC CHICAGO. ILL. Keuffel Esser Co s m K Paragon Znts Soperiof to all others in CONSTRUCTION, g j -p ff FINISH, MATERIAL, DURABIL ITY, and l ' ? ' ! ™! ' r3.r3.gJOn everything else which goes to make up Quality. Stamped We warrant the instruments to last a lifetime under proper care, and to permanently retain their perfect action. We always carry in stock all tKe COLLEGE TEXT- BOOKS, SPECIAL NOTE-BOOKS and REPORT-PAPER used at the University. Overman Wheel Co. ' s VICTOR Baseball, Football and Gymnasium Goods, Sweaters, Track Uniforms, etc, at lowest prices. KIMMEL HERBERT, Lafayette, Ind, Sole Agents pntssor A. L ' . .S irT -. CO. COL ' LE E PUP.I ' ICATieNS ChlGAGO— MW YOBK 1376800 O PURDUE UNIVERSITY AND ITS CORPS OF PRO FESSORS AND IN STRUCTORS WHO HAVE CONTRIB UTED EACH WHAT HE COULD TOWARD MAKING MEN AND WOMEN OF US THE NINETY- EIGHT DEBRIS IS DEDICATED Stp CONTENTS Dedication : Staff 6-7 Officers of the Faculty .... lo-ii Trustees 12 Growth and Mission of Purdue . 13-17 Departments and Faculty . . . 18-50 Classes 51-84 Societies and Clubs 85-128 Fraternities 129-156 Athletics ■57 ' 9 Miscellaneous 171-200 Advertisements 201 LL=D . EDITORS IN CHIEPr I A.S.5YRN3 A.A.PARKeCL c BJSINESS MANAGERS H.Y . C2PE A.PAMKDaMeR, ART EDITORS r PWPEHCER ' M.J.MEM2CH(--J ' ' • LITERARY EDITORsY Ae SlE R.RArfKIN )P a, BR2Yy« S ASSOCIATE EDITORsC - . ' mellie. p. J°ni:5 c L. HAYE.5 Tntroduction ip «p« (iHOU hast dreaded mine advent, oh, mighty Purdue ! Long days and nights of pain and suffering hast thou spent in bewailing mine approach ; with sighs and manifest dis- pleasure dost thou herald my coming. But, lo ! I am with you in all my pristine splendor, clad in shining armor that shall turn aside thy poisoned arrows of scorn, sarcasm and disdain. Think not, oh deluded one, that thou canst cause me to turn from the beaten path ; that I will change my tailor- made war-suit for such as thee. Thou mayest continue thy groaning and thy gnashing of teeth ad infinitum, for thou hast been sorely afflicted in years gone by and hast escaped with but a few cicatrices. Yea, verily, I have come, notwithstanding the unholy reputation of my fearful and wonderful ancestors, and knowing full well that my history will be known to posterity as the climax of all that is unutterable. When time hangeth heavily upon thy prehensile organs, great Alma Mater, let thy thoughts turn back to olden days, and, recalling the moth- eaten and disintegrated conglomeration of jokes that seared the consciences of my vanished forefathers, have pity upon my shortcomings. If further doubts assail thee, and thy sviddenly- acquired infirmities will permit thee a closer view, gaze for but one shuddering moment upon the tomb of my ' 97 ancestor and thou wilt forgive me everything. Thou canst but realize my manifold disadvantages of genealogy, mine inherent lack of originality, and that ' 99 will soon persecute thee with her attentions; but harden not thy heart, and think only of thy mercies. Think of the great and mighty star that is so soon to disappear from thy college firmament, the star of ' 98; of the blessed privilege that thou enjoyest of constituting an infinitesimal fraction of the same constellation; and pondering well over these benefits ignore mine idiosyncrasies. I am thine to use as thou wilt, yea, as thine own, even unto all that I have of grinds and roasts. Be merciful unto me, oh Purdue, and forget all mine infirmities, that upon thy head may rest the choicest blessing of ' 9$ Debris 4 : . y Officers of fbe faculty James[]Henry Smart, A.M., D.D. ..... President 191 Columbia St., Lafayette, Ind. A M., Dartmouth, 1870; LL.D., Indiana University, 1883; Sigma Chi; Associate Editor, New Hampshire Journal of Education, i860; Principal Toledo High Schools, i863- ' 65; Superintendant Fort Wayne Schools, i865- ' 75; State Superintendant Public Instruction, i876- ' 82; United States Commissioner to Paris Exposition, 1878; President National Educational Association, 188 1; President National College Association, 1S90. WiNTHROP Ellsworth Stone, A.M., Ph.D. . . . Vice-President North Grant Street, West Lafayette Stanley Coulter, A.M., Ph.D. ...... Secretary North Grant Street, West Lafayette Board of Cru$tee$ Cerms endiiid 3uly i, i$99 James M. Barrett Fort Wayne Job H. VanNatta Lafayette John Martin Brookville terms Ending July i, 1901 Benjamin Harrison ...... Indianapolis Charles B. Stuart Lafayette William A. Banks La Porte terms Ending !luiy 1, 1903 David E. Beem Spencer Sylvester Johnson Irvington William H. O ' Brien Lawrenceburg dtmh and mission of Purdue nyny TIME was when the maturity of a University was con- sidered to be a matter not of a few years but of a cen- tury. Both in Europe and America the element of time in the development of an institution of learning was un- duly exalted. There certainly is a classical flavor which time only can bring, but the educational history of the past quarter of a century has proved conclusively that most signal success may be achieved in the development of universities in a comparatively short time. Since the unprecedented success of the Johns Hopkins University in the East and of the state institutions in the West, it is no longer considered absolutely essential that a great institution of learn- ing_ should measure its existence by centuries or even by scores of years. Purdue University is now approaching the close of the first quarter-cen- tury of her existence, and during this comparatively brief time she has ac- complished more than was formerly thought possible of accomplishment in a century. The Universities and the press of Europe have naturally been conservative in recognizing the worth of American institutions of learning, but the reader of foreign scientific periodicals must be impressed with the rocognition given to Purdue and her work. Shortly before the founding of Purdue several technical schools, which have since acquired international distinction, were established in the East, but in the West, Purdue seemed to have a large field of her own and a pe- culiar mission to fill. Mr. Morrill clearly saw the need of such institutions when he drafted the bill which gave life to Purdue and the other ' ' land- grant ' ' colleges. It was evident to him and other far-seeing men of the time that the Civil War would be followed by an era of industrial and com- t mercial activity not paralleled in the history of -- ' ' ' J the world. In order to meet this new era and to make the most of it, the establishment of ; schools for scientific instruction in the agricul- tural and mechanic arts seemed necessary. In the development of the State of Indiana and of the middle West, Purdue University has had no small part. The work of Purdue is of a two- fold char- acter. Regular instruction is imparted to students attending the University, while a large amount of scientific work is done for the people of the State. The fact that graduates of Purdue have gone out to honorable and lucra- tive positions all over the country is sufficient evidence of the appreciation of her academic work by those best qualified to judge. The difference be- tween Purdue and most other colleges lies in the fact that in her courses of study emphasis is placed upon applied rather than upon pure science. The advance of human knowledge must depend upon the discovery and formu- lation of scientific laws, but the industrial progress of mankind must depend upon the intelligent application of those laws. There was at the time Pur- due was founded, and there is now, an unusual demand for the application of the laws of science to every-day life. Purdue has endeavored to meet this demand by sending her graduates into professional life and by doing direct scientific work for the people of the state and nation. After centuries of wasteful agriculture, or more properly of earth-butchery, the thinking people of America came to the conclusion that farming in this country would have to be carried , ; on in a more economical and scientific manner. The Purdue A lW Experiment Station and other institutions of like character were the result of this thought. The work of this department of Pur-; due is carried on in such a quiet and unostentatious manner that 5 many of us are not aware of its effectiveness. The value of the: experimental work of the station and of the department of Chemis- try in connection with the sugar-beet cannot be indicated in dollars and cents and can scarcely be appreciated at this time. The prospects are, however, that a new and magnificent indus- try is to be intelligently located in Indiana, due in no small part-- ' ) to the scientific services of Purdue. The Station bulletins contain infor- mation of inestimable value to the farmers of the State and are probably better known in the remote districts than they are in Lafayette. The department of Mechanical En- gineering, owing to intelligent man- agement and magnificent equipment, has enjoyed more than a national reputation. The locomotive labora- tory has been a prominent feature in this department, and the experiments performed have attracted the atten- tion of railroad-men in two continents. The new laboratory now being con- structed will contain, among other things, the most successful and com- plete machine ever constructed for testing the efficiency of brake-shoes. The same practical spirit pervades the other engineering departments, and in fact, the entire University. No professional man, in fact no American citizen is now consid- ered equipped for the duties which confront him without some knowledge of history, government, literature, and the modern lan- guages. The scientific world is now a unit, and for an easy inter- change of opinions and the results of scientific investigations, a knowl- edge of the modern European languages, particularly French and German, is indispensable. It is, too, the idea of Purdue and of all firstclass techni- cal schools that instruction along literary, economic and historical lines should be added to that which is strictly scientific. It has been the constant aim of Purdue to embody the essentials and the ideals of a firstclass technical school, and thus to attain to the highest de- gree of usefulness to the State and Nation. s i m } ••mksmifxjafam ai tt l l Department of Itlecbanical €ngineeriiid jHE first department to be established at Purdue, was that of Mechanical Engineering, and so marvelous has been its growth as a department that, to-day, there is no tech- nical school better equipped to apply a student ' s abil- it- to the solution of original problems along this line. Professor Goss, with an efficient corps of instructors, IS at the head of one of the best schools of its kind in ' America. The many steam cylinders, representing a ' large horse-power, together with the hydraulic and test- ing apparatus, is especially attractive to students taking a course in mechanical engineering. One of the most important features of this depart- mentis the newly mounted locomotive, Schenectady No. 2, which has replaced the one of last year. The solu- tion of problems attempted on the new plant, are those relating to the economics of high steam pressure, and to the application of the compound principals of loco- motive engineering. With these objects in view, the new locomotive has been designed in such a way that it may be readily converted from a single to a compound machine. Its boiler is capable of safely withstanding a working pressure of two hundred and fifty pounds. During the year a new Sterling boiler has been placed in the laboratory; this with the Babcock and Wilcox boilers makes the available boiler-power equal to two hundred and fifty horse-power. The future of this department is as bright as that of the University, and it is evident that nowhere could one look for a better example of completeness than is found in our Department of Mechanical Engineering. faculty W. F. M. Goss, A.M. . Professor of Experimental Engineering and Director of Engineering Laboratory. A.M., Wabash, 1888; Instructor in Mechanic Arts, Purdue, i879- ' 83; Professor of Practical Mechanics, iSSs- ' go; pres- ent position since 1890; member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, Indiana Academy of Science. John J. Flather, Ph.B., M.M.E. . . Professor of Mechanical Engineering Educated abroad; designer of special machinery. New England, 1 877- ' 82; Sheffield Scientific School of Yale, 1885; designer of special machinery for Ansonia Electric Com- pany; Superintendant Buffalo Pump Works; Instructor in Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, iS8S- ' 9i; Post-graduate of Cornell; member of American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Tau Beta Pi; Treasurer of Society for the Pro- motion of Engineering Education; Secretary, Section D, American Association for the Advancement of Science. Richard A. Smart, M.E. . . Instructor in Engineering Laboratory B.M.E., Purdue, 1892; M.E., 1893; Assistant in Electrical Laboratory, iSgo- ' gi; member American Societ}- of Mechan- ical Engineers, Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis Engineering Club. John Henry Kleppinger, B.M.E. . . Assistant in Engineering Laboratory Clarence Hovey Robertson, B.S., B.M.E. Raymond C. Ewry, B.M.E. Mark Dana Stroud Assistant in INIechanical Laboratory f j- -i Department of Science CIENCE, through its manifold applications, has come to be one of the dominating factors of modern civilization. Scarcely a depart- ment of human endeavor which it has not entered, scarcely a realm of thought in which its methods are not employed. It is little wonder then, in such an institution as Purdue, that the courses of study in science should be constantly increasing in number and that the work of these courses should be of con- stantly increasing practical bearing. The extension of courses, the increase of equipment, the multiplication of instructors, the diflferentiation of departments, are all part of the history of Purdue, recorded in somewhat bare and uninteresting fash- ion in the annual catalogues. In somewhat simple language and with less technical accuracy the Debris treats of the school. The Science Department is made up of many depart- ments, in which respect it differs from the other departments of the University. There exists not merely the general course in science, but within and founded upon it, the course in tech- nical chemistry, sanitary science, the pre-medical course and that in pure physics. The names of these schools show their practical character and their number offers ample opportunity for the development of special aptitudes. In this differentation into departments, the technical has not been lost sight of, as is shown by the extended general courses in chemistry, physics and biology which precede the work of the special courses. Nor is the school purely technical, the disciplinary and cultural value of the humanities being fully recognized. The Science Department, therefore, appeals to a large clientage and offers special opportunities to those who desire work in scientific lines. During his first year, the neophyte in science has but little foretaste of what is to follow. He continues his mathematics and English, takes up German and French and works at model-drawing until at last he becomes able to draw the cube and sphere, the cone the cylinder and perhaps the conventionalized leaf. But of science he as yet has little. For four hours a week during the first part of the year he is led along the ens him. namely, that the flowery paths of biology, while in the last half- year he spends an equal time in acquiring the rudiments of chemistry. Laboratory periods are unknown and the agonizing attempts to make up lost laboratory time has not yet become part of his experience When he enters his second year the scene changes. Laboratory periods occupy his after- noons and the prospect of a vacant hour in his morning ' s schedule delights him until he finds it has been taken by some professor for a lecture or quiz. He catches glimpses of a new truth which further assumption that every recitation period requires but one hour and a half in preparation is merely a convenience for the ready calculation of points and not a statement of fact. But if he is of the stuff that men are made of he doggedly sticks to his work and finds that day by day he is gaining power. The power of application, of attention, of observation, of persistence comes with his increasing knowledge of the formal subjects. He conies to his third year more confidently. He has found his special line and is able to spend a large proportion of his time in work of his own choosing. He organizes his work better, his notes become of reactive reference, his work calls for more and more independent thought and action and all unconsciously he is developing new powers. Entering his fourth year, he comes to an almost complete independence in the selection of his work and, trained in habits of self-reliance, does his work with an ease that surprises him. The work in his chosen line unfolds itself more and more and he passes from one who performs a task to one who searches for truth. The end of all education is not so much to give knowledge as to develop power. Any school which fails to develop power in its students fails in its real purpose. That the Science Department does this is shown by the positions won by its graduates. From it in the future, as in the past, will graduate men and women thoroughly trained for work, eager for work. By their success will the Science Department be judged. Stanley Coulter, A.M., Ph.D., Professor of Biology A.B , Hanover College, 1871; A.M., 1874; Ph.D., 1888; Beta Theta Pi; graduate of Wa- bash College and Harvard University; princi- pal, Logansport High School, i873- ' 8o; pro- fessor of natural science, Coates College, iSSs- ' Sy; profe sor of biology, Purdue, since instructor in botany in Summer School, University of Wiscon- sin, 1891; instructor in botany in Winona Sum- mer School, i895- ' 96; president Indiana Acad- emy of Science, 1896; fellow[of Indiana Acad- emy of Science; fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science; member Western Association of Naturalists. Joseph Charles Arthur, D.Sc, Professor of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology B.S., Iov?a Agricultural College, 1872; M.S., 1877; D.Sc, Cornell, i886; Sigma Xi; demonstrator in biology at Iowa Agricultural College, i877- ' 78; instructor in botany at University of Wisconsin, 1879-81; lecturer in botany, Summer School, University of Minnesota, 1882; botanist, New York Experiment Station, 1884- ' 87, present position since 1887; member Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences; Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences; Societe Mycologique de France; American Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science; Indiana Academy of Science. WiNTHROP Ellsworth Stone, A.M., Ph.D. . . . Professor of Chemistry B.S., Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1882; Ph.D., Boston University, 1886; University of Goettingen. 1888; chemist to Massachusetts Experiment Station; chemist to Tennessee Experiment Station; professor of chemistry, Purdue, since 1889; vice-president, Purdue University since 1892; member American Chemical Society; Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science; fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science; fellow of Indiana Academy of Science. Percy Norton Evans, B.S., Ph.D. . . . Associate Professor of Chemistry B.S., McGill University, 1890; assistant in chemical laboratory, McGill University, Ph.D., University of Leipzig, under Professor Evan Meyer, 1S93; honorary fellow Clark University, ' 93- ' 94: assistant in chemical laboratory Wesleyan University, i894- ' 95. KaThERINE E. Golden, M.S Instructor in Biology Massachusetts State Normal, 1886; B.S., Purdue, 1890; M.S., 1892; assistant botanist Indiana Experiment Station, i890- ' 94; present position since 1893; fellow Indiana Academy of Science; fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science; fellow of National Science CUib. Wii LiAM Henry Test, M.S Instructor in Chemistry B.S., Purdue, 1892; M. S , 1893. Severance Burrage, B.S. ..... Instructor in Sanitary Science B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1892; assistant in biology, Massa- chusetts Institute of Technology, i892- ' 93; assistant biologist to Massachusetts State Board of Health and lecturer on Microscopical Examination of Drinking Water at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, i893- ' 95. Robert Arthur Worstall, B.S Assistant in Chemistry B.S., Case School of Technology, 1897. Departttiem of IHatbetnatics 1V ' 4 S time passes, the realm of applied mathe- matics broadens. As our theories of the nature and physical properties of matter and of the philosophy of chemical action take on the aspect of demonstrated truths, they subject themselves more and more to mathematical discussion and state- ment. In biology, psychology, sociology, and economics, the mathematics of prob- ability lead us to the most tenable of several proposed hypotheses when we are searching for general laws and their proofs. These general laws once es- tablished and conceded, they furnish the basis for further mathematical inves- tigation and deduction. As scientific os.H JB generalizations in all departments of research become more far-reaching and impressive, as nature yields up to patient, concentrated study one after another of her long-cherished and carefully-guarded secrets, mathematics must be appealed to more and more to verify and unify results already obtained, and to point the way to further profitable research. Daily we see more clearly that Mathesis is the handmaid of progress and civilization. During the last generation there has been a great revival of interest in mathe- matics in America. This is largely due to the growth in engineering experiments, andjthe developement of technical schools. Classical schools have technical schools to thank for the high place which mathema- tics holds in college curricula to-day. The mathematical department of Purdue ranks among the best. Mathe- matics forms the principal, as it is the necessary, element in the fundamental training of the engineering student. Plane and solid geometry, higher algebra, and trigonometry are required of all students of the University. This work is completed with the middle of the Sophomore year. Besides these subjects, engineering students are required to take analytic geometry and differential and integral calculus. For the engineer the required course in pure mathematics closes with the middle or end of the Junior year. But electives are available to those Juniors and Seniors who wish to continue work in higher mathematics, while excellent courses are open to graduate students Department of IDatbettiatics Taculty Ci ARENCE AbiaThar Waldo, A.M., Ph.D. . . . Professor of Mathematics A.B., Wesleyan University, 1875; A.M., 1878; professor of mathematics and natural science at Drew Female Seminary, i875- ' 76 ; professor of mathematics and Latin at Hackettstown Collegiate Institute, i876- ' 77; instructor in mathematics, and registrar at Wesleyan University, i877- ' 8i ; professor of mathe- matics and vice-president of Hackettstown Collegiate Institute, i88i- ' S2 ; studied in University of Leipzig and Munich, i882- ' 83; professor of mathematics Rose Pol5-technic Institute, i883- ' 9i; professor of mathematics at DePauw University, iSgi- ' gs; president Indiana College Association, 1891; fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science ; Ph.D., 1894. Moses Cobb Stevens, A. M Professor of Higher Mathematics A.M. Earlham College, 18S2 ; professor of mathematics at Haverford College, i859- ' 63 ; principal Salem, Ohio, High School, i867- ' 76; present position since 18S3: member Indiana College Association, National Teachers ' Association, Indiana Academy of Science, American Mathematical Society. Thomas Greene A eord, A.M , Professor of Mathematics A. B., Indiana University, 1S71; A.M., pedagogical department, Indiana University, 18S8; Phi Kappa Psi. Erastus Test, M.S., M.D. Professor of Mathematics M.D., University of Michigan, 1868; M.S., Earlham, 18S6 ; professor of botany and chemistry at Earlham College, 1865. ' 72; professor of chemistry at Willamette University, 1S76 ; princi- pal of Raisin Valley Seminary; patron Central Acadamy. Plainfield. Edwin M. Blake, E.M., Ph. D Instructor in Mathematics E.M., School of Mines, 1S90 ; Ph.D., Columbia College, 1893 ; - fellow in mechanical engineering, Columbia School of Mines ; i890- ' 9i , fellow in mathematics, Columbia College, iS9i- ' 93 ; assistant in mathematics, Columbia College and instructor in mathematics, Barnard College, iS93- ' 95; student of mathematics at Universities of Leipzig, Berlin and Goettingen, i895- ' 96. Department of Citerature, Canguage and history faculty Mrs. Emma Mont McRae Lady Principal and Professor of English Literature Educated at Brookville College, Ind. ; principal Muncie High School, i867- ' 83; principal Marion High School, i883- ' 87; member of National Teachers ' Association; member of State Teachers ' Association. Mary Doan, B.L., M.S. . Instructor in English Literature B. S., Purdue, iSqi; B.L., Earlham College, 1893; M.S., Purdue, 1893; graduate student, Cornell, i893- ' 95; principal Hesper Academy, i895- ' 96. Thomas Francis MoRAN, A. B., Ph. D Professor of History and Economics 1 A.B., University of Michigan, 1S87; admitted to Michigan bar, 18S7; superintendent of schools at Elk River, Minnesota, iS87- ' 92; graduate student Johns Hopkins, i893- ' 95; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins, 1895; held scholarship in history in 1894, and fellowship during 1894-95. Pauline Mariotte Davies, Ph. D Professor of French Madam Davies was born in Paris, where, at an early age, she competed for and won a scholarship in the Ecole Female Superiore, and later received a diploma from the Universitie of France; professor of French, Bridgewater Ladies ' College, England; professor of French and general history, Findlay College, Ohio, iS85- ' 95; Ph.D., Findlay College, 1895; professor of French, Milwaukee and Denver Colleges, i895- ' 96. Glen Levin Swiggett, A.M Professor of German and Spanish A.M., University of Indiana, 1893; instructor in French and German, University of Michigan, i89o- ' 92; instructor in German, French and Spanish, Plymouth Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, iS93- ' 95. JOAKiM Reinhard, M.A Associate Professor of German M. A., University of Copenhagen, 1880; substitute professor of modern languages at University of Virginia, i894- ' 95; professor of German and French, Browning School, New York City, i895- ' 96. Department of Citerature, Cattguage and l)i$tory yT first glance it might seem that at a technical school like Purdue there would be small need and less time for the study of these branches, but this is by no means the case. Throughout the entire four years the student is so kept in touch with these subjects that when he leaves the University he is not only skilled in the technical department which he has chosen, but has also acquired knowledge which enables him to understand his subject better and to express it in a definite, clear-cut waj . The study of literature is begun in the Freshman year and carried on, more or less, continuously throughout the entire course. Beginning with a thorough training in the fundamental principles governing the expression of thought, it embraces, in the upper classes, the study of the master pieces of both American and English literature. The work of the entire course is supplemented by extensive outside reading, the result of which is expressed by essays, abstracts, reviews and original fiction. Language at Purdue is confined to German, French and Spanish, these tongues furnishing a broad scope of reading which is of inestimable value to scientists or engineers. In the lower classes the work is directed toward obtaining a ready use of the language by means of careful grammar-study supplemented by suitable reading and practice in composition and conversation. In the Junior and Senior years special attention is given to reading along scientific or technical lines or the study of literature. The Department of History includes history and economics, the course being designed to broaden the student ' s mind and at the same time give him an abundance of 28 economics. In all these coS Is the ' ™ J ory, the whole culminating in parallel reading and the studY: b c J; .: rrl ' , ;JT ' - ' --1- facilitiet for subject. Current matters of econom cll or hW T ' ' ' ' ' ' ■ ' ° he daily papers, n.aga.ines and penodical rece v. ' . Z ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' e up the interest of the students ' ' considerable attention and serve to keep Department of electrical engineering = 5S NE of the most pleasing features of the growth of Pur- ' S-- — due, is the constant improvement of the labora- ::- g=5 i tories, which keep their facilities always in ac- cordance with the best modern methods. Each succeeding class finds its advantages improved b} ' the addition of new apparatus and conven- iences, and each retiring class knows that its suc- cessors will enjoy privileges which were not theirs. It is with no small amount of pride that the Electrical Department looks upon the im- provements which have been made in the labora- tories during the past year, and to still better prospects when the improvements now planned ate completed. During the past year the laboratory has been enlarged by a wing, in which has been placed the new apparatus. This consists of a new loo-H. P. high speed engine, which replaces the motor formerly used for driving the machinery in the laboratories, and a 75 Kilowatt Westinghouse monocyclic alternator of special design, which facilitates work with single-phase, two-phase and tri-phase currents. This is connected with a marble switch-board on which are mounted suitable switches and instruments for handling and measuring the high voltage alternating currents. This switch-board has leads running to the other switch-boards in the laboratory and also to the large transformer rack, on which are mounted nearly every make of transformer made in the United States at the present time. This arrangement offers to students the opportunity of working with high voltage, alternating currents ; thus familiarizing them with the most modern practice in electrical engineering. A complete line of other apparatus of the most modern type gives the student excellent facilities for experimentation in the various phases of work presented to an 30 t,. f - - electrical engineer, and constitutes the equipment for the exnerinient ,1 .,„h .f 1 trjcal jnachinery. A suitable course of lectures and text-boor:: a co pani s the laboratory work throughout the entire course. accompanies the No other department gives to the student more examples of practical work and at the same time, a thorough theoretical understanding, ' xhe method S irtruct ' n requires all the student ' s resources for inde- pendant thinking and the development of new ideas, while the laboratory work presents actual practice in handling electrical ma- chi n ery . The work in designing requires good theoretical and practical knowledge com- bined with a fair quality of originality. Under the supervision of Professors Golds- borough and Mathews, we may expect to see the Department of Electrical Engineering continue one of the best in the University Deparment of Gectrical Engineering Taculty Winder Ei well Goldsborough, M.E .... Professor of Electrical Engineering. M.E. Cornell University, 1S92; Beta Theta Pi; Electrical Engineer, CoUierj ' Engineer Companj ' , ■Scranton, Pa., 1892; in charge of Electrical Engin- eering Department, Arkansas University, 1893; Con- sulting Engineer, Edison Electric Illuminating Co., Baltimore, Md., i895- ' 96; Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, 1894, 1896; Professor of Electrical Engin- eering since 1896; Member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; Indiana Academy of Science. Alexander WiLMER Duff, A.M., B.Sc. (Edinburgh) . . Professor of Physics. B A. University of New Brunswick, 1884; M. A. University of Edinburgh, Mathematics and Mathemathical Physics, 1SS8; B.A. University of London, 1887; studied in Germany 1889; research work under Professor Tait in Edinburgh, 1890; Substitute Professor of Physics in University of Madras, India; Professor of Physics, Uni- versity of New Brunswick; B.Sc, University of Edinburgh, 1893. Charles Philo Matthews, M.E. . Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering. Graduate of St. Johnsbury Academy, 1887; Cornell University, 1892; with the Rockford Electric Mfg. Co., 1892; Instructor in Physics, Cornell University, 1892, 1896; Sigma, Xi; A.ssociate Member American Institute Electrical Engineers; Member A. I. E. E. Committee on Standard of Leight Samuel N. Taylor, P. H.D Instructor in Physics. P.H.B., Wesleyan University, 1S87; in charge of Experimental Laboratory, Thomson-Houston Electric Works, 1887, 1S91; Pro- fessor of Natural Sciences, main Wesleyan Seminary and Female College, 189 1, 1893; Junior Fellow in Physics, Clark University, i893- ' 94; Assistant in Physics, Clark University, i893- ' 94; Assistant in Physics, Clark University Summer School, 1894; Senior Fellow in Physics, Clark University, 1894, 1896. H. Graham Creelman, B. A., B.Sc Instructor in Physics. B.A., Dalhousie University; B.Sc, London and Edinburgh; Post- Graduate Student in Berlin. Edward Ellsworth Reynolds, M.E. Assistant Instructor in Electrical Machine Design. Tau Beta Pi; B.M.E. Purdue University, 1894; M.E. Purdue, 1895. William MoTTER, E.E Student Assistant in Electrical Laboratory. Tau Beta Pi; B.M.E. Purdue University, 1896; E.E. Purdue, 1898. J. Walter Esterline, B.S. . . . Student Assistant in Electrical Laboratory. Tau Beta Pi; B.S. Purdue University, 1897. Art Department faculty IvAURA A. Fry . Professor of Industrial Art Pupil of William Fry, Thomas S. Noble, Louis Rebisso, Cincinnati ; Kenyon Cox and William M. Chase, New York. Member of Art Stud- ents ' League of New York. Pro- fessor of Industrial Art, Purdue, 1891-93. Instructor in Wood-Carv- ing, Chatauqua, for several years. Anna Embree Baker .... Instructor in Wood-Carving B. S., Purdue, 1S86; Philalethean Literary Society. JIrt Department ITH the other departments of the lUniversity art has made wonderful advancement, and how- ever much Purdue may be a technical school it has kept a place in which the art students are domi- ciled for the greater part of their time and where they may gratify their desire for the picturesque and artistic. The delving-place of these aesthetic individuals is situated on the south- west corner of the campus and the visitor who leaves Purdue without having visited the art hall has missed one of the most interesting of the departments. This home of the young artists although viewed from ihe exterior is a very unpreten- tious looking building, as viewed from the interior presents a very different aspect. The china-painting and wood-carving departments are perhaps the most interesting. Here we intuitively know that we are mingling with Juniors and Seniors because we are surrounded by an atmosphere laden with dignity which seems befitting the upper classmen. The number of pupils in these classes is greater than ever before. To the left of the side entrance is a small room which is devoted to casts. Here the Sophomore may be found busily engaged in working out the petty details of some plaster cast. The Freshmen draw in a large room at the end of the hall one hour each day, vainly en- deavoring to give their artistic ideas some form. This class is also a very large one. Each year in May a display is made of all the work done by the art students dur- ing the year. The work is exhibited in the library, and many visitors avail them- selves of the opportunity to examine and admire the work of the students, and it is indeed a treat to lovers of ] the beautiful. Department of Practical mecbanics lyiK is almost an axiom in the business world that a man, to be suc- cessful in any calling, must first have mastered the fundamental principles of that calling. With this idea in view, the Department of Practical Mechanics, comprising mechanical drawing, carpentry, pattern-making, molding, forging and machine-work, accompanied b} ' lectures upon these subjects, was established in Purdue University. While it is not the object of this course to turn out mere shop- mechanics, the work and methods are practically the same as are met with in the average shop. Drawings are made, traced and bluer printed in the draughting-room, from there they are taken to the shops where patterns are made for the castings. Forgings and castings are made in their respective depart- ments and then taken to the machine-shop to be finished, and, in case a machine has been designed, the parts are assembled and the whole put in working order. A little consideration will enable the reader to distinguish between Purdue and a trades-school where similar branches are taught. The real intent of this shop-practice is to enable the student to be more accurate and ready at designing. Having had considerable experience in the various mechanical departments, he can more readily detect faults of design, points where expense can be saved in manufacture, or any of the many details, the thorough knowledge of which, alone, makes the successful engineer. 1376800 Department of Practical mecbanics Tacuity Michael Joseph GotDEN, M.E-, Professor of Practical Mechanics Special Student, Massachusetts Institute of Technol- ogy; Instructor Mechanical Drawing, Hj ' de Park (Mass.) High vSchool, i8S2- ' 83; Instructor in Shops, Purdue, i.S84- ' 9o; present position since 1890; M.E. Purdue, 1894. Member In- diana Academy of Science, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Naval Engineers, Manual Training Teachers ' Association of America. William Payson Turner Instructor in Machine Work Graduate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1S86. Jamp;s David Hoffman, B.M.E., M.E. . . . Instructor in Wood Shop B.M.E. Purdue, 1889; M.E., 1893; member A. S. M. E. Charles Peterson, B.C.E. B.C.E., Purdue, 1891. John E. Colb, B.M.E. B.M.E., Purdue, 1893. Paul W. Covert, B.M.E. B.M.E., Purdue, 1895. Instructor in Mechanical Drawing Assistant in Forge Room Assistant in Foundry Alpha Pierce Jamison, B.M.E. B.M.E., Purdue, 1895. Augustus C. Spiker, B.M.E. B.M.E., Purdue, 18 Assistant in Wood Shop 36 Department of eivil engineering Tacuity Fred Morley, B.S., C.E Professor of Civil Engineering Graduate Michigan State Normal School, 1881; B.S., University of Michigan, 1S86; C E., University of Michigan, i8go; two years in location and construction of Santa Fe Railroad; three years United States assistant engineer; four years at Raisin Valley Seminary; four years at University of Michigan; mem- ber of Mechanical Engineering Society; member of American Society of Civil Engineers. WiLUAM Kendrick HaTT, A.B., C.E. . Associate Professor of Applied Mechanics A.B., University of New Brunswick, 18S7; C.E., Cornell, 1891; Alpha Tau Omega; Sigma Xi; Engineer ' s Office, Intercolonial Railway, 1888; resident engineer Grafton Upson R. R., 1S89; engineer Windsor Branch R. R., 1890; professor of civil engineering. University of New Brunswick, 1891-92; instructor in civil engineering, Cornell, 1892-93; associate professor of civil engineering, Purdue, 1893-95; instructor in civil engineer- ing, Cornell, 1895-96; assistant engineer Ithaca Sewerage Sys- tem, 1896; member of St. Uouis Engineers ' Club, Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education, and Indiana Academj- of Science. Danibi Benjamin Luten, B.S., C.E Instructor in Architectural and Sanitary Engineering Graduate of University of Michigan, 1894; instructor in topo- graphy and descriptive geometry, University of Michigan, i894- ' 95. Thomas Alfred Clark, B.S., (C. E.) .... Instructor in Astronomy B.S., Purdue, ' 97. 5., Department of Civil ensineering fyny ftURDUE, as a civil engineering school, has not gained the prominence that it has as an electrical and mechanical institution, nor that rightly belongs to it. But as class after class is graduated and the men who are sent out, secure and retain positions of responsi- bility and worth, Purdue is advanced among the foremost civil engineering schools of the West. The work of this department during the past year has been highly satisfactory, new departures in the outline, m adepossible by an additional instructor, have made the work more thorough and complete. The most efficient work in anj- department is accomplished only when it commands the best possible equip- ment, and to this end it is hoped that the University will soon build and equip an astronomical observatory which shall be in keeping with the advance of the work along other lines. The interest m-anifested in all the branches has shown itself prominently in the work done by the Civil Engineering Society. This society was organized in 1896 and has greatly strengthened the department by securing for its members lectures by engineers of national prominence. Through its exchanges with similar societies in other colleges and with State associations it has given to its members more than twelve hundred pages of printed matter yearly. The individual efforts on the part of th e members have also proved of great interest and value both to the society and to themselves. The annual publication of the society is larger and more comprehensive than in former years, and contains much that is of value to the joung engineer, including contributions from several Alumni who have risen to prominence in the profession. Department of flgriculture Charles S. Plumb, B.S Director of Experiment Station and Professor of Animal Industry and Dairying. Massachusetts Agricultural College, ' 82; associate editor Rural New Yorker, i883- ' S4; assistant New York Experi- ment Station, i884- ' 87; professor of agriculture, University of Tennessee and assistant Tennessee Experiment Station, iSSy- ' go; editor of Agricultural Science, Vols. I-V; secretary- treasurer of Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science; fellow of American Society for the Advancement of Science; president of Indiana State Dairy Association 189 1- ' 92- ' 93- ' 96. William C. LaTTa, M.S Professor of Agriculture B.S., Michigan Agricultural College, 1877; M.S., 1882; fore- man Horticultural Department Michigan Agricultural College 1880; assistant Agricultural Department iSSr; Superintend- ent Farmers ' Institutes, iSgg- ' go; member American Associa- tion for the Advancement of Science. James Troop, M.S. . . Professor of Horticulture and Ethnology B.S., Michigan Agricultural College, 1S7S; M.S., 1882; as- sistant in botany and agriculture, Michigan Agricultural College, i88o- ' 83; member American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science; American Forestry Congress; Ameri- can Horticultural Society, American Pomological Society; secretary Indiana Horticultural Society. Henry A. Houston, A.M., A.C. . . . State Chemist Professor of Agricultural Chemistry Chemist Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station; director Indiana Weather Service, A.B., Bowdoin College, 1S79; A.M., 1S82; A.C, Purdue, 1882; Zeta Psi; assistant, chemis- try and physics, Bowdoin, i879- ' 8o; teacher of science, La- ■ fayette High School, i88o- ' 82; principal, i882- ' 84; professor of physics, Purdue, i884- ' 88; acting state chemist i884- ' 87; President of the Association Official Agricultural Chemists, 1 894- ' 95; fellow A.A.A.S.; member American Chemical Asso- ciation; vice-president American Forestry Association. 39 ARVII.I.E W. Bitting, D.V.M., B.S Professor of Veterinary Science B.S., Purdue, 1891; D.V.M., Iowa State College, 1895; Veter- inarian Florida Agricultural College and Experiment Station, i89i- ' 93; Veterinarian to Purdue University and Experiment Station, 1893 — . William Stuart, B.S Assistant Botanist to Experiment Station B.S., University of Vermont, 1894; Kappa Sigma; assistant Horticulturalist, Vermont Experiment Station, i890- ' 93; as- sistant chemist, World ' s Fair Dairy Test, 1S93; member In- diana Academy of Science and Indiana Horticultural Society. William J. Jones, Jr., B S., M.S Assistant State Chemist B.S., Purdue, 1S91; M.S., 1892; assistant in chemistry i89i- ' 92 Jesse M. Barrett, B.S., AC. . Assistant Chemist Indiana Agricultural Experiment Station B.S., Purdue, 1S94; A.C., 1S95. y T- Departmem of Agriculture GRICULTURE is fast coining to the front among the scientific profes- sions. Each year emphasizes anew the truth of the statement of the Judge of the Supreme Court of the United States, that it takes a man of more brains to become a successful agri- culturist than it does to become an expert lawyer or doctor, or to succeed in any other profession. In order that the rising generation of farmers may come up to the demand of the times it is necessary, therefore, that they receive a liberal education. Purdue ITniversity offers in its School of Agriculture all the facilities necessary for a well-rounded education in that line. And it is a fact worthy of appreciation that the young men of Indiana are taking advantage of this opportunity to rise in their vocation as they never have before. Last fall a larger num- ber of new students matriculated in this course than in any previous year. This increase of interest and attendance is no doubt largely due to the success and influence of former graduates, and to the distribution of a large number of bulletins and circulars issued by the Experiment Station upon topics relative to the farmer ' s interests. A lecture course of eleven weeks is offered to those who can leave home but for a short time during the winter months ; a two-year course and a four-year course for those who desire more extended instruction in the various sciences which bear upon agri- culture. Within the past year important additions have been made to the equipment of the veterinary laboratory and in the laboratory used in experiments in soil physics, while in the Horticultural Department, the greenhouse, with all its modern improvements, is far from least in point of interest and usefulness. Also within the past year a movement has had its birth in the University which is of vital importance to the school of agriculture. President Smart, with the hearty approval of Governor Mount, has published a number of a series of leaflets on nature .study. These leaflets are prepared by the faculty of the University and bear upon such topics as will have a tendency to interest students in ' Agriculture, Horticulture, Economic Botany, Economic Entomology, the care of Domestic Animals and Household Economy. It is proposed to furnish these to the teachers of the public schools of the state with the hope that by their proper use the children will be made to see the beauty of nature, and also to see the necessity of an education in order to successfully labor in that greatest of all professions — Agriculture. If the teachers and parents in the rural districts but do their duty concerning this great movement, we bespeak for the University as a direct result of its undertaking a marked increase in attendance in the School of Agriculture. Pbarttiacy Department JV4 GLANCE within the pharmacy building during working hours is sufficient convince the most casual observer that it is a place whose interests are devoted to unknowns. In this building the students of the Pharmacy Department spend the greater part of their time during the two years required to complete the course of study, and from it they emerge at the end of that time with diplomas which rank second to none in the pharmaceu- tical world. Owing to the fact that Indiana has no law protecting the people frem druggists and prescriptionists who are with- out certificates, the school has not received the support it deserves. It is to be hoped, however, that at the next meet- c:: ing of the legislature some means may be taken to protect 11 both the people and the bona fide Ph. G ' s from this class of practitioners. In this event we prophesy for the Pharmacy Departurent a success which shall rival that of any of the older departments of the University. This course embraces two years of thirty weeks each, with option of Spring courses, leading to the degree of Phar- maceutical Chemist. There has recently been added to the curriculum a four years ' course leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science (in Pharmacy). This is a continuation of the regular pharmacy course with that in science, and fits its graduates for their future work exceptionally well. The success with which this course is sure to be attended is foretold by the fact that there are even now ten prospective graduates. The expense of pharmaceutical education is always of practical concern to the student, and we think the universal expression of every class which leaves the Purdue School of Pharmacy, is that for thorough work and efficient instruc- tion none can doubt the economy of these courses Arthur h. Green, Ph.C, M.D., Ph.D. Dean and Professor of Chemistry Ph.C, University of Michigan, 1882 ; M.D., Indiana Medical College, 1894 ; Ph.D., Frank- lin College, 1895. Julius W. Sturmer, Ph.G. Ph.G., Purdue, 1891. Professor of Pharmacy George SpiTzer, Ph.G. Lecturer on Operative Pharmacy Ph.G., Purdue, 1889. Benjamin HOAK, Ph.G. . Instructor in Materia Medica Ph.G., Purdue, 1892. Charles E. Vanderkleed, Ph.G., Ph.C. Student-Assistant in Chemistry Ph.G., Purdue, 1S95 ; Ph.C, 1896. dC ' _.4w Frank R. Elderd, Ph.G., Ph.C .... Student-Assistant in Chemistry Ph.G. Ph.C, Purdue, 1S97. John W. Almond, Ph.G. Student-Assistant in Pharmacy Ph.G., Purdue, 1896. , HE Military Department is now a very prominent feature of Purdue University. Over two hundred students, mostly from the Freshmen and Sophomore classes, devote two hours each week to military drill, the battalion drill coming on Saturday Besides this, lectures are given once a week on Military science by the commmanding officer. One day each spring is set aside by the University on which special military exercises, including a sham battle and the annual government inspection, are witnessed by the whole school and community. This day is looked forward to by the cadets as the climax of the year ' s work. A military ball, given each spring by the cadets, is one of the social events of the year. The military band has this year been a wonderful success, adding greatly to the pleasure and spirit of the drill. It can be truly said that this department has demonstrated within the past few years the fact that a military training of the right sort is of very great value both to the cadet and to the military strength of the country. There is, perhaps, no training so well suited for promoting quick, definite action, erect carriage and self-reliance. It teaches the young man to obey constituted authority, and to obey it instinctively. And it gives him a fair knowledge of the duties of a soldier. When we consider that at no time has our country enjoyed forty years of continued peace, it is absurd to believe the age of war to be a thing of the past. It is far more probable that arms may yet be called upon to save the nation from destruction. At such a time, a man well drilled in even the rudiments of military tactics, would be of inestimable value to the government. While this military training gives young men a taste of the glories of war, it also gives them an insight to the horrors of war. It brings before the thoughtful ones, as nothing else can, the sacrifices of our ancestors in establishing and maintaining our great government. 44 Purdue has been highly favored in the past four years in having Captain S. W. Miller at the head of this department. By his tact, energy and enthusiasm he has made the department a pride to the University, a pleasure, benefit and honor to the cadets, as well as a great credit to himself. Lieutenant Peterson, the new commandant, has had charge of the Military Department but a few months, and yet within that time he has won the respect and admiration of all who have come in contact with him. He is possessed of the same energy and enthusiasm in matters pertaining to the departmeut and The Dp:bris predicts that under his supervision the battalion will become even more of a credit to the University and to the cadets than it has been in the past. Officers Purdue Corps Cadets Commandant To March i6, ' 98 - S, W. Miller, Captain . . Fifth U. S. Infantry Present Commandant SL-Matt R. Peterson, First Lieutenant(Jc«.. ?V9j. Sixth U. S. Infantry Staff Major . . . . F. B. Jenks - 3 Captain and Adjutant M. W. McGaffey - ' V Captain and Quartermaster . . A. A. Parker — d ' Tnfantrv Company J 4 -E. S. Baker . . . Captain First Lieutenant T. A. Hanson - 7 First Lieutenant A. M. Hopper  Second Lieutenant . . . . R. A. Parsons -9 Company B o-A. J. RuMRLY . . . Captain First Lieutenant J. H. Johnson - ' I First Lieutenant C. F. Flynn -« ' • Second LieuieiidHL . . . L. L. Johnson - 3 Company C V- ' G. P. Newsom . . . Captain First Lieutenant E. E. SiLK- ' ' First Lieutenant J. P. Bradner - ' = Second Lieutenaut . . . . E. G. Stroud - Company D -W. M. Sawdon . . . Captain First Lieutenant W. A. Drake — ' First Lieutenant C. Williams- l Second Lieutenant . . . W. E. Morey _ g y Jlrtillcry aa- . G. VanNatta . . Captain First Lieutenant E. Lennox - First Lieutenant H. Leacock - t Second Lieutenant . . . . E. H. Rupe - iL4 evclist Tnfantrv Section il. -F. C. ROBIR Captain Band . Chief Musician I. C. Olmstead — A.7 46 Qm9mm Frederick C. Robie, Captain L. D Ream, First Sergeant J. E. Slimp, Second Sergean O. E. Spurgeon Corporals J. A. Andrews Privates R. Reid L. R- Banes R. F. Friermond W. P. Westeali, J. H. JOSCHKA J. M. Meyers  C. R. Jamison F. HiRSHAN A, W. Anderson E. B. Smith L. A. Newbury A. A. Greenick C. Manning O. Joseph S. B. HUTCHI? IL k HplPI %H ' ' .. [( 1 Purdue military Band Drum Major, A. E. HoGUE Leader, I. C. Olmstead, Solo B Flat Cornet ( C. S. Sample Clarionets H. J. Bernhard ( T. Barnes Solo B Flat Cornet { L. V. Ludy First B Flat Cornet E. E. JONES Second B Flat Cornet . . . John Opp Solo Alto . . C. A. Young First Alto . . R. Barnes Second Alto . C. G. Tarkington f B. ROLMAN Tenors . . • E. E. Browne Baritone C. R. Greene Tuba . . . T. F. Endicott Slide Trombone .... P. Hauser Cymbals C. L. HarTing Tenor Drum H. O. WaTzen Bass Drum H.C.Hays Ai BERT Henry Ai dinger .S.; civil engineering; Borden, Tau Beta Pi; president Civil Engineering Society, ' 98; managing editor Civil Engineering Annual, ' 98; business manager Civil Engineering Annual, ' 97; board of edi- tors Civil Engineering Annual, ' 96. Thesis— Design of a Single-track Rail- way Bridge. Emma Hostetter Anderson . Otvi ell, Ind. B.S.; president Philalethian, ' 98; Annuals, ' 98; McRae medal, ' 97. Thesis— The Artistic Character of the Opening Scenes of Shake- speare ' s Plays. Chelsea Como Aydei,ott B.S.; mechanical engineering; Tau Beta Pi. Thesis- Schnectady No. 2 Under Different Steam Pressures. , . Eaton, Ohio ■Efficiency Tests on Senior Class ' 4 Ernest Summer Baker Otterbin, Ind. vice-president, Pre-Medical Society, ' 98; Cap- tain Military Department, ' gy- ' gS. Thesis — The De- y---j p tection of Certain PrismsJu Animal Tissues. Jy . yiAAy l i. ' «-«- ' - Benjamin Detoy Barrow . . Danville,, Va. B. S. in mechanical engineering; Y. M. C A. ; secretary Photographic Club, ' q8; track team, ' 97. Thesis — A Study of the Holding Power of Nails. Thomas H. Battle Ph.G. Butler, Ga. Percy HaighT Batten, Naperville, II B. S. in mechanical en- gineering; jPhi Delta Theta; Skulls of Thir- teen; track team, ' 97- ' i Thesis— Efficiency Tests of Schenectady No. 2 Under Different Steam Pressures. George Lee Berry Ph.G. J. Luther Bittle Ph.G. Terre Haute, Ind .Wingate, Ind Senior £la$$ ' 4 Mayme B0UI.DS West Lafa3ette, Ind. B.S.; president Philalethian Literary Societ}-, ' 97. (v --c f %A t- Th is — The E ect of Gravity upon Various Roots. , i a o- Princeton, Ind. James Briggs . . Sullivan, Ind. S. ; in civil engineering. Thesis — Design of a Sepa- rate Sewer System for Sul- livan, Ind. Ernest Edgar Brockman . Mount Sterling, 111 Ph.G., Irving; Annuals; Irving Literary Society ' 96- ' 97 ; secretary Junior Pharmacy Class, ' 96- ' 97; president Senior Phar- macy Class, ' g7- ' 9S. DeWitt G. Brown . . Crescent City, 111. Ph.G.; Ph.C; associate editor Debris ; historian Senior Pharmacy Class. John F. Brown ...... Indianapolis, Ind. B.S. Thesis — Certain Investigations of the LTnited States Census. Senior €ia$$ Albert Hugh Bryan . . Indianapolis, Ind. B.S. ; Sigma Chi; president Chemical So- ciety, ' 97. Thesis — The Cuperus Oxide Reduction Number of the Pentose Sugars. DeWitt W. Buchanan Chicago, 111. B. S. in mechanical engineering; Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Skulls of Thirteen; Photographic Club presideni ' 97. Thesis — A Study of the Holding Power of Nails. Elmer R. Bengin , Royalton, Ind. Ph. G. Arthur G. Byrns . L,afayette, Ind. B. S.; Sigma Nu; Irving president Irving Liter- ary Society, ' 96; secre tary P. A. A., ' 97; edi tor-in-chief ' 98 Debris Thesis— A Faust Study VinalKentCassady . Cleves, Ohio S.; vice-president Chemi- cal Society ' 97; treasurer Chemical Society ' 98; direc- tor P. A. A. ' 96- ' 97; treasurer P. A. A. ' 98; all-round med; ' 97; Track Team ' 96- ' 97- ' 9S; captain Track Team ' 98. Thesis — Determination of Boric Acid in Food Preserva- ThOMAS T. CaUBLE .... Salem S. in electrical engineering; member Electrical Engineering Society; A. O. D. D. Thesis — Efficiency Tests of the Purdue Light and Power Plant. 54 Thomas H. Close Ph.G. Senior €la$$ Scottsburg, lud. George Louis Colburn . . Toledo, Ohio B.S. in mechanical engineering; Em- ersonian; vice-president Emersonian Literary Society ' 97; Mechanical Engineering vSociety. Thesis— Com- mercial ElBciency Tests of 125-horse- ver Westinghouse Gas Engine. John W. Connors Ph.G. Lafayette, Ind. Harold Whitcomb Cope North Vernon, Ind B.S. in electrical engineer- ing; Sigma Alpha Epsilon ; Skulls of Thirteen; Elec- trical Engineering So- ciety; business manager ' 98 Debris. Thesis— Ef- ficiency Tests of the La- fayette Street Railway Plant. Martin Jeweix Corwin .... Lafayette, Ind. B.S. in electrical engineering. Thesis — Experiment- al Determination of Outdoor Illumination. iARL H. Cosner Greencastle, Ind. Ph.G.; secretary Senior Pharmacy Class ' 98. Senior €l i$$ Bertha Barr Crouse ----- Lafayette, Ind. B.S. in mathematics; Oxford College of Music and Art, ' 94; Philalethian; corresponding secretary. Annuals, ' 98; secretary. Class of ' 98. Thesis— Some of the Achievements of Women in Mathematics. Donald Davidson - - Evansville, Ind. B.S-; president Chemical Society. Thesis — an Investigation of Absorb- tion Products. Ralph M. Davidson, Evansville, Ind. B.S. in electrical en- gineering; Electrical Engineering Society; first lieutenant; Mil- itary Department, ' 96- ' 97. Thesis— Com- mercial Tests of the Merchants ' Electric Light plant of Lafay- ette, Ind. Frederick William Dencer Chicago, 111. B.S. in civil engineer- ing; Tau Beta; president Class of ' 98; Y.M.C.A.; Photographic Club; president Carlyle; An- nuals, ' 97- ' 98; president Civil Engineering Society ' 97; vice- president ' 96; business manager Ex- ponent, ' 96-97; Mandolin Club, ' 96; art editor ' 98 Debris. Thesis — Designer of a Single-hinged Para- bolic Steel-arch Bridge. Clement E. Doane Jasper, Ind. .S. in electrical engineering; A.O.D.D.; Electrical Engineering Society; Irving; Track Team, ' 97; Football Team, 97. Thesis— Test of the Purdue Power and Lighting Plant. Lafayette, Ind. Martin W. Earhart .... B.S. in electrical engineering; Sigma Chi; Electrical Engineering Society; assistant manager Mandolin Club, ' 95- ' 96. Thesis — Efficiency Test of a 5-Horse- power Polyphase Motor. Senior Class ' AlberTus Fankboner Marion, Ind. B.S. in eletrical engineering ; A.O.D.D.; Electrical Engineering Society ; assistant business manager ' 98 Debris. Thesis— Efficiency Test of the Lafayette Street Railway Plant. Benjamin Graveley Fernald . . . Danville, Va. B.S. in mechanical engineering ; Sig- ma Chi ; Tau Beta Pi ; Mechanical a I Engineering Society ; track team, ' 97. [ Thesis— Efficiency Tests of Schenectady No. 2 Under Diiferent Cut-offs. Carleton Gillespie Ferris Big Rapids, Mich. B.S ; Nappa Sigma; Skulls of Thirteen ; Glee Club, Exponent staff, ' 96- track team, ' gG- ' gy- associate editor. Debris. Thesis— Formu- lation Willmot Live Cells. Edward Lee Fieser, Rochester, Ind Ph.G. William D. Findley . Brovs nstown, Ind B.S. in mechanical engineering ; A.O.D.D. Thesis— Efficiency Tests of the Otto Gas Engine. John Meeker Fisk Malone, N B.S. in electrical engineering ; Sigma Nu ; Tau Beta Pi ; vice-president of Class, ' 96 ; president, ' 97 ; business manager, ' 98. Thesis — Compar- ative Tests of the Efficiency of Reading Watt- meters. Senior glass Henry Fox .... Indianapolis, Ind. .S. in mechanical engineering; Kappa Sigma; Skulls of Thirteen; captain of artillery, ' g6; ijor, ' 97. Thesis — The Comparative Perform- ances of a Metropolitan and a Sellars Injector. EugenrTStaley Gaskii,!, . Frankfort, Ind. B.S. in electrical engineering; Electrical Engineering Society; Photographic Club. Thesis — Experimental Determination of the Efficency of a Five-Horse- power Polyphase Motor. Arthur O. Gates . Toledo, Ohio B.S. in; electrical engineer- ing; Tau Beta Pi; president Electrical Engineering So- ciety, ' 97; Emersonian; Chemical Society; business manager Exponent. Thesis— A Study of the Q Electrolytic Precipitation Q; of Gold from Cyamide Solutions. Carl Green . . Logansport .S. in mechanical engin- eering;A.O.D.D.; secretary Mechanical Engineering Society; Photographic Club; Purdue band, ' 95- ' 96- ' 97- ' 9S; football team, ' 96; track team, ' 95- ' 96- ' 97- ' 98; captain track team, ' 97; State record for mile and half mile runs. Thesis — Efficiency Tests of Schen- ectady No. 2 Under Different Steam Pressures. Floyd A. Gresham . Delphi, Ind Ph G ; football team, ' 97. Herman Hall Azalia, Ind. B.S. in civil engineering; Civil Engineering Society; football team, ' 96- ' 97. Thesis — Design of a Three-hinge, Segmental Steel-arch Bridge. 5S Senior Class Thad. Dorsey Hall Princeton, Ind. .S. in mechanical engineering; Thesis — EiTi- ciency Tests on Schenectady No. 2 Under Dif- ferent Steam Pressures. Thomas Albert Hanson New London, Ind. B.S., A.O.D.D.; Emersonian; critic ,95; vice-president ' 96 ; president ' 97; marshall president of Class ' 95; Foot- ball team ' 97; iirst lieutenant Military Department; Thesis — A Comparative study of Wood Fibers. Walter Havens . Rushville, Ind. Ph.G. Clarke Lorraine Hayes . Bremen B.S. in electrical engi- neering; president Car- lyle ; Annuals ' 95- ' 98 ; Electrical Engineering Society; Baseball Team ' 96, ' 97, ' 98; captain Baseball Team ' 97; president ' ?. A. A. ' 97; associate editor] ' 98 Debris; Thesis — Ageing of Transformer Iron. Richard Maurice Heavilon . Jefferson, Ind. B.S. ; Emersonian ; Purdue Grange; president Farm Club ' 97; secretary and treasurer ' 96; president Agricultural Society; Thesis— The Mammary Gland ; Anatomy, Physiology and Bac- teriological Flora. Milton J. Henoch La Porte, Ind. B.S. in civil engineering; Carlyle ; secretary ' 97 ; secretary Civil Engineering Society ; Board of Editors, Civil Engineering Annual, ' 96- ' 97; art editor ' 98 Debris; Thesis— Design of a Double-track Elevated Street Railway and Stations. 59 Senior €la$$ John Edwin Hilbish Bristol, Ind. B.S. in electrical engineering; A. O. D. D.; Y. M.C.A.; Em- ersonian; secretary Electrical Engineering Society; Pho- tographic Club. Thesis — Photometric Tests of Alternating Current; Enclosed Arc Lamps. M1RI.E D ' AUBIGNE HiLt . . . Carthage, Ind. B.S. in civil engineering ; Tau Beta Pi. Thesis — Highway Bridge Design. Floyd B. Jenks Toronto, Ind. B.S. ; president Emersonian ; Critic ' 97 ; vice- president ' 96; Annuals, ' gy- ' gS; president Farm Club, ' 96; president Y. M. C. A., ' 96- ' 97; lieu- tenant Military Depart- ment, ' 96; captain, ' 97; major, ' 98; class historian. Thesis — Mammary Gland, Anatomy, Physiology and Bacteriological Flora. LeRoy Johnson . . Lafayette, Ind B.S. in mechanical engin- eering; Mechanical Engin- eering Society. Thesis— Performance of Schen- ectady No. 2 Under Dif- ferent Cut-offs. LELAND Fox Johnson . . . Fowler, Ind. B.S. in mechanical engineering; Me- chanical Engineering Society. Thesis- Efficiency Test of a 125 -Horsepower Westinghouse Gas Engine. Louise Martha Johnson Fowler, Ind. !.S.; Y. M. C. A ; treasurer, ' 97; vice-president, Thesis— Effect of Drought Upon Certain Vegetables. Senior £l i$$ NelwE Parker Jones .... West Lafayette, Ind. J.S. in technical chemistry; associate editor, ' c Debris; editor-in-chief. Exponent, ' 97; president, Philalethia, ' 97; R.O.B.S., Thesis— Biblio- graphy of Ford Preservative and Ford Pre- servatives. Fred Charles Kappus . New Washington, Ohio Ph. G. ; president Junior Pharmacy Class, ' 97. Melvin Knapp Columbia, Ind. Ph. G.; Ph. C. W. S. Lawson Ph. G. William Lentz Ph. G. Otto Lienkaemper Ph. G. Senior eiass Llewellyn V. Ludy Millgrove, Ind. B.S. in mechanical engineering; Tau Beta Pi; A.O. D.D.; Purdue band, ' 95- ' 96- ' 97- ' 98; class treasurer, ' 95. Tliesis— Impact Tests of Wire and Manilla Rope. Eugene D. Luke . Elkhart, Ind. Ph. G.; treasurer Senior Phar- macy Class. Charles R. Lusk Ph. G. Bluffton, Ind. Leo. a. Mattes Ph. G. Clyde McCarty Ph. G. South Bend, Ind. Gosport, Iu( Mark W. McGaffey Indianapolis, Ind. B.S. in mechanical engineering; Sigma Chi ; Mechan- ical Engineering Society; first lieutenant, Military Department, ' 97; captain and adjutant, ' 98. Thesis — The Explosion of Different Mixtures of Gas Under Pressure. Senior Class ' 4 ArorsTus Calvin McMili.en West Lafayette, Ind. Ph.G., Ph.C. Fred W. Meinzen Ph.G. Fort Wayne, Ind. James Owen Meyer . Brookville, Ind. . S.; vice-president Chemical Society; Glee Club ' 95- ' 96; A.O.D.D. Thesis — The Iodine Absorption of Oil. David Bethnel Miller . Pimento, Ind. B S.; A.O.D.D.; secre- tary Farm Club ' g4- ' 96; critic ' 96- ' 97; president Agricultural Society; Emersonian; librarian ' 98. Thesis— The Lim- itations and Effects of Grafting. Frank W. Miller . • . Whitaker, Ind Ph.G.; vice-president Senior Pharmacy Class. Guv B. Miller Ph.G. Bluffton, Ind W. H. O. MiNTER Ph.G.; Ph.C. Senior Class IK Indianapolis, Ind. John S. JNIontgomery . . . Sugar Grove, Ind. B.S. in mechanical engineering; Mechanical Engineering Society; track team, ' 96- ' 97- ' 98. Thesis — The Relation between Elastic Limit in Tension and Flexure. WiivLiAM S. Moore . Indianapolis, Ind. B.S. in civil engineer- ing; Sigma Nu; treas- urer Civil Engineering Society, ' 97; class treas- urer, ' 95; football team, ' 94- ' 95- ' 96- ' 97; captain football team, ' 97; first lieutenant Military De- f B I partment, ' 96. Thesis — Design ofja Water- works System. JUDSON MOSCHELIvE . Indianapolis, Ind. Ph.G , Ph.C; Car- lyle; critic, ' 97; an- nuals, ' 98; Y. M. C. A.; president Medi- cal Society. Metta May Motter . West Lafayette, Ind B.S. ; Y. M. C. A. ; vice-president, ' 96- ' 97. Thesis— Carlyle ' s Trans- lations of Qerman Literature. SlEGMAN MUHL Ph.G. Indianapolis, Ind Senior Class Gilbert P. Newsom .... West Newton, Ind. B. S.; Agricultural Society; president, ' 97; first .SijXt ' ' ' u lieutenant Military Department, ' 97, captain, ' 98; _ oJ X ota assistant in Dairying, winter course, ' Thesis — The Mammary Gland; the Physiology of Milk Secretion and the Bacteriological Flora of Milk. Herbert Spencer Nulsen . Cincinnati, Ohio i. S. in mechanical engineering; Sigma Nu; Skulls of Thirteen ; Tau Beta Pi; Mechanical Engineering Society. Thesis — Impact Tests of Wire and Manilla Rope. Edd Charles Oliver . Alpina, Mich. B. S. in mechanical engin- eering; Tau Beta Pi; presi- dent Mechanical Engineer- ing Society ; C a r 1 y 1 e ; Photographic Club. Thesis — Experimental and Graphic Determination of Port Openings. i no u Austin Allen Parker . . Indianapolis, Ind. S. ; Sigma Nu; Skulls of Thirteen; editor-in-chief Debris; Pre- Medical Society; president, ' 97; Exponent staff, ' 96; first lieutenant Military Department, 97; captain quartermaster, ' 98. Thesis- Effect of Certain Poisons the Minute Structure of Central Nervous System. Frederick Reshling Parker . . West Lafayette, Ind. S. in electrical engineering; Tau Beta Pi; second lieutenant Military Department, ' 96. Thesis — Experimental Determination of Outdoor Illumination. Clarence S. Prentiss Ph G.; Ph. C. Quincy, Mich. William -Marion Purdy Ph. G. Senior £U$s Morocco, Ind. Rebecca Ray Rankin . Lafayette, Ind. B. S.; vice president, Philalethian; Annals, ' 95, - ' 97, - ' 98; Exponent staff, ' g6- ' 97- ' 9S; class historian, ' 96; lit- erary editor ' 98 Debris. Thesis— The Realism of Jane Austen. Oliver Perry Reese, Louisville, Ky. B. S. in mechanical en- gineering; track team, ' 95 - ' 96 - ' 97. Thesis — Design of a Duplex Air- Compressor. Milton Julius Rosenthal, Lafayette, Ind B. vS. Thesis— A Bacter- iological Study of the Water Supply of Lafay- ette. William H. Rowney - Broad Ripple, Ind. B S. in electrical engineering; Elec- trical Engineering Society; second lieu tenant Military Department, ' 96. Thesis— Efficiency Test of the Lo- gansport Power Plant. Edward Lewis Rudig Ph. G. North Manchester, Ind. Senior Class Aloysius J. RUMKI.Y .... LaPorte, Ind. B.S. in mechanical engineering; Sigma Chi; captain Military Department. Thesis— The Explosion of Different Mixtures of Gas Under Pressure. Will Miller Savvdon .... Aurora, Ind. B.S. in mechanical engineering; Emersonian; president ' 97; Y. M. C. A.; Mechanical Engi- neering Society; captain Military Depart- ment; A.O.D.D. Thesis— Various Methods of Determining the Quality of Steam. J. W. Miller Schiiitt Lafayette, Ind. Ph. G. Edmund Oscar Schweitz- er . ■ Chicago, 111 i.S. in elec- trical engi- neering; Tan Beta Pi ; treas- urer Electri- cal Society, ' 97; member Executive Committee Thesis — A Compara- tive Test of the Commer- cial EiSciency of Watt Me- ters. Robert Lee Sears . . . West Lafayette, Ind. .S. in mechanical engineering; football team ' 97; captain-elect football team Thesis— Efficiency Tests of Schenectady No. 2 LTnder Different Steam Pressures. Charles Arthur Simpson . . Vincennes, Ind. B.S. in electrical engineering; Sigma Nu; Skulls of Thirteen; Electrical Engineering Society; class treasurer. Thesis — Efficiency Tests of the Lafayette Street Railway Plant. 67 Frederick Wii wam Steli horn Ph.G. Senior £1 $$ Fort Wayne, Ind. .BUR Hayes Thompson .... Ligonier, Ind. S. in electrical engineer- ing; Tau Beta Pi; Irving; president, ' 97; Annuals, ' 97; Electrical Engineering So- ciety; associate editor ' 98 DEBRIS; A O.D.D. Thesis- Photometric Test of Alternat- ing Inclosed Arc Lamps. Charles Whitall Valentine • . Millville, N. J. B. S. in mechanical engineering; Sigma Chi; Mechanical Engineering Soci- ety; Exponent staff, ' 96. Thesis- Design of a Gas Engine. Henry Bernhardt Voces . Terre Haute, Ind. Ph G. ; Ph. C. Fred Harry Vogt . . Indianapolis, Ind Ph.G. CharlKS Abner Warren .... Watseka, 111. Ph.G., Ph. C; president Pre-Medical Society. Senior €la$$ Chase Wood Winamac, Ind. B. S., Ph.G.; Pre-Medical Society. Thesis — Efficiency Tests of Patent Disinfectants. Arthur C. Woods Evansville, Ind. S. in electrical engi- neering; Electrical Engineering Society ; Mandolin Club, ' 95. Thesis — Commercial Tests of the Merchants ' Electric Light Plant of Lafayette, Ind. Harry Edmund Wright Dana, Ind. B.S.; Sigma Nu; secretary Chemi- cal Society, ' 97 ; A.O.D.D. Thesis — An Investiga- tion of Taka- Diastase. Hildred James Wright, Franklin, Ind. B.S. in Civil Engineering; Sigma Alpha Epsilon; treasurer Civil Engineer- ing Society, ' 97 ; presi - dent, ' 98. Thesis — Design of a Waterworks System for a Small Town. Stanislaus M. Zurawski . . . Chicago, HI. B. S. in mechanical engineering; Tau Beta Pi; senior director Mechanical Engineering So- ciety. Thesis — Design of a Gas Engine. vfs WTU5 TEMPOR sT ( ■ y n: i - ntotto Spiritus Teniporis Colors MAROON AND OIvD GOLD Veil Ki ! Yi ! Yi ! Yi ! Sis ! Boom ! Bah ! Ninety-Eight ! Ninety-Eight ! ' Rah! ' Rah! ' Rah! Officers F. W. Dencer Bertha Grouse J. M. FisK . F. B. JENKS . President . Secretary Business Manager Historian V. K. Cassady D. W. Buchanan C. A. Simpson C. R. Green . S. M. ZURAWSKI Athletic Manager Vice-President Treasurer Field Marshal Sergeant-at-Arms Ristory of ?$ Mffy HE fall of ' 94 brought with it a larger class of Freshmen than had ever entered the halls of Purdue. They came from all directions and joined that little nucleus already here the likeness of which no future class can ever boast) — the last remnant of the Preps. In our four years here we have seen many and great improvements. We have seen the Heavilon shops rebuilt, additions to the electrical building and to the experiment station, and also the beginning of an addition to the shops; we have seen the birth of the gymnasium and the institu- tion of Military Day ; we have seen the library remod- eled and enlarged, and the introduction of the School of Music. Many other improvements we have witnessed and to all the Class of ' 98 has, in its way, contributed its part. In athletics we have played a conspicuous part. We are justly proud of the record of our football men. As Freshmen with one man on the ' Varsity and two subs we helped to win the silver cup of the state league; as Sophmores we placed two men on the ' Varsity team and two subs ; we stayed with the team through victory and defeat; as Juniors we furnished four men for the ' Varsity and one sub, while as Seniors we furnished six ' Varsity men and two subs. It is useless to speak of their individual merits, for we all know Moore, Hall, Sears, Hanson and others that have won fame and glory on the gridiron, both for Purdue, for themselves and for the Class of ' 98. But our mind has not been lost in the excitement of the football season; we have found the Class of ' 98 a studious body, excelling in all lines of school work, in the literary societies and in the military department. As the Debris goes to press active preparations are being made to revive the old custom I)i$toryof ' 9$ of giving a Senior hop. This custom has been laid aside at Purdue for a number of years, but the indications are that this one will be a great success. The Sophmore picnic having been abandoned this year, it was at first intended to make this an event at which the whole school might be present, but for lack of a hall large enough to accommodate so great a number this project has been given up and it will be exclusively a Senior affair. It will probabl}- occur May 7th in one of the halls of Lafayette, but no definite arrangements have as yet been made. As we look out toward the classes that have gone before us and see the remarkable success they have won, we see the field that lies before us and we feel that we must not stop until the standard of Purdue is lifted still higher, and by our honest efforts we expect to lift it. As we look back at the classes following Closely upon our train we hope to see the work carried to a still higher degree of perfection than has been attained by the Class of ' 98. . • , Pbarmacy, ' 9$ motto Never do to-day what you can put off till to-morrow. Colors OLD ROSE AND LIGHT BLUE Sell Cyprepedium, Convallaria ! Podophyllium, Sanguinaria ! Morphia Acetate ! Pharmacy ! Pharmacy ! Ninety- Eight ! Officers E. E. Brockman, President F. W. Miller, Vice-President E. H. COSNER, Secretary E. D. Luke, Treasurer D. G. Brown, Historian Bisforv of Pbarmacy, ' 9$ f iy I HEIR history is not so much out of the ordinary; this particular Pharmac}- Class came to Purdue in the fall of ' 96 to get a little insight into the hermetic art, as they called it. They were sent to the pharmacy building and, except for the usual drawbacks with which new paths are always infested, they succeeded ad- mirably. They organized, elected a president and other officers and when, in the following spring they separated for the summer vacation, they were the happy possessors of Junior certificates and of a year ' s experience in one of the best schools of pharmacy in the world. The following September they re- assembled to complete their work. They went through the usual routine of electing ofiicers which, with the assistance of a few particularly interested in the study of geology by moonlight, was completed to the satisfaction of everybody. After the state board examination, the class spent a day of pleasure and profitable instruction in the laboratories of Eli Lilly Co., at Indianapolis. Commencement exercises were held in the University chapel, March 30, ' 9S, and, diplomas in hand, they walked out of the halls of Purdue to part with each other, perhaps forever ; but never from the memories of the knowledge gained or the pleasures experienced. Back over these they must always look with feelings of deepest affection. But who of the Class of ' 98 could forget some of those old times Pap. Green ' s motherly counsel ; Sturmer ' s expedition for mandrake ; Hoke ' s smile; Spitzer ' s queer Recipe ; the microscopic botany; Vanderkleed ' s organic qualitative unknowns (not Luke) ; or the day George Washington was given in the lab. Such memories must always linger to mark, as milestones, that period when we were proud to be called students of old Purdue. Class of 99 nK i motto Row, not drift Colors WINE AND TAN Veil Ha-zaw ! Ha-zoo ! Ha-zaw ! Ha-zoo ! We yell, we yell, for old Purdue ! Hoo rah hi ! Hoo rah hine ! Eighteen hundred ninety-nine ! Officers CLARKE WiLtiAMS . President R. I. Webber . Vice-President Sadye STallard . Secretary H. F. EivY . . Treasurer E. T. Mug . Business Manager Mabel C. Lindley . Historian George Ugland . Sergeant-at-Arms 76 Bistory of ibe Class of 99 ' T would, no doubt, be very gratifying to the many friends and to the public at large, if a carefully prepared, accurate and extended biographical sketch of each member of the Class of ' 99 were published in the Debris, but for obvious reasons this could not be done. We came to Purdue, hoping Ijy our united effort to lend a helping hand to the faculty and to the school at large. Although we are best known by our A grades, not all our strength is mental. We have physical strength as well. The Class of ' 99 has a good reputation in football, baseball and basket- ball. In fact, at any kind of ball they are leaders. In our Freshman year we were champions in baseball, and in the fall of ' 97 the honors in football were ours. The Class of ' 99 is proud to present to the University, as the result of its careful chaperonage, the best trained Freshman class Purdue has erer known, ourselves excepted. Their class spirit knows no bounds; their manipulation of banners, their acquaintance and stand-in with the west-side police are matters of daily comment. Prof. Smart, himself, it is rumored, was heard to say These naughty ones are one to much for me, and straightway turned them ' over to be stoned. To our many friends who may wish some clue to our doings, goings and comings in future years, we refer you, modestly, but with all confidence, to the standard works of United States History of the future. The history of a nation is the history of the lives of her great men. Pbarmacy €la$$ of 99 Colors OLD GOLD AND LAVENDER Veils Glycerhiza, Podoplylli, Atropiua, Pulsatilla, Aconitum, Prince ' s Pine, Pharmacy, Pharmacy, ' 99 Cazah, cazoo; trala, traloo, ' 99 Pharmacy, Old Purdue ! Officers C. Thistlewaite President H. L. HowELi. .... Vice-President K. J. Decker Secretary J. GiFFORD Treasurer 78 eid$$ of 1900 motto Principle is Our Motto, Not Expediency Colors ROYAL PURPLE AND WHITE Veil Hilly ! Billy ! Bally ! Boo Zip ! Zarry ! Zah ! 1900 ! Old Purdue ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Officers Edward N. Dashiell, President Fritz B. Ernst, Vice-President Cora May Caui,kins, Secretary Don Hartley Howard, Treasurer Melville M. Smith, Field-Marshal Minnie Jacob, Historian Walter C. McFadden, Sergeant-at-Arms. m M M - ' ' Bistory of tbe €la$$ of 1900 N THE first part of our second year of college life we began to see the necessity of dismissing all the follies of youth, and resolved to make this year as inter- esting and prosperous as any spent at Purdue, and, indeed, as we recall all the events which have taken place since last September we wonder V what has been more interesting than the exhibition of our class numbers upon that famous tank. This not only shows our ability to mount to the summit of the ladder of fame, but it also gives us the reputation of artistic painters, and we feel certain that our name would be remembered with a greatness equal to that of Raphael were it not that the hills of Hoosierdom so completely surround us, making it impossible for our fame to spread. We might, before leaving this topic, advise the Fresh- men to make a change in the paint which they have bought heretofore, and buy only that which absolutely will not fade when the sun shines on it. We might also advise them to adopt the Sophomore ' s way of getting upon the tank — walk up the side, like flies. It is the general sentiment of the class that originality is one of its chief charac- teristics, and so instead of having a Sophomore picnic, as custom would demand, we have denied ourselves this pleasure for a higher and nobler purpose — that of benefiting athletics by the presentation to the University of a field-track. It was a great undertak- ing and much time and energy were expended upon it, but our class spirit is of such a standard that we feel that we cannot do too much for the glory of Old Purdue. Our second year has been verj ' prosperous, and both wisdom and experience has so developed our minds that our brain-capacity has actually doubled, and that means much, for was it not last year that Purdue received such an unusually brilliant class of students? And how much more brilliant these students must have become after two } ' ears ' instruc- tion under the watchful eyes of its professors. Concerning the athletic abilities of the class, one need only be reminded of the gymnasium contest, when our men suspassed all others in valor and strength. There is no longer any doubt as to the class deserving the highest athletic standing. 80 Now all that is wanting for our fitness to enter into the duties of the Junior year is a rest from college work, and as we consider our reputation of the year just past as fairly good, our aim for the following will not only be to preserve this reputation but to strive more and more until we have reached the standard of an ideal class. ii - -iC eMittg!eaa.T..«..ii Class of ' 01 motto In for the Century Colors CRIMSON AND BLACK Veil ing-a whack -a ! Ching-a-wack- Wah ! Hoo ! Wah ! Naughty-one ! Naughty-one ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Officers W. A. ATKINS President A. F. VioLETT Vice-President T. L. Haywood Secretary E. C. Robertson Treasurer G. Curtis . Business Manager MabeIv Pfrimmer Historian C. G. Fowler Field Marshal Nell Aylmer Stansbury . . . Exponent Editor E. C. Robertson . Director to Athletic Association : J J!r ' tM., ?A a.. f) $m of tbe eia$$ of ' 01 T the opening of the school year ' gy- ' gS there poured into Purdue from all parts of the country a class of people afterward known as Freshmen. While yet strangers they were drawn together by the magical symbol ' 01. One day they met in secret session and organ- ized, and soon after they appeared wearing the red and black, and roused the University with a yell that made it evident that a new and powerful factor had entered Purdue When these people came they knew they would meet a class called Sophomores with whom it had been prophesied that they would go to war. A hostile feeling sprang up between the two and grew with surprising rapidity. The Sophs held a most desirable position, the tank, upon whose commanding height was seen their im- mense ' OO. This was not to be endured; so one dark night, armed with ropes and paint, the Freshmen proceeded to the tank and the early morning light revealed a handsome ' OI in the place of the hated symbol of the Sophs. Their victory was, however, short-lived and they were reminded that they had an enemy worthy of their steel. They looked forward to the games for class championship in football to retrieve their fortunes. When at last the day came and the classes sat on the bleachers, yelling and wearing their colors to cheer on their struggling teams, the Sophs steadily lost ground before the scientific tac- tics brought against them and the Freshmen won by a score of 9 to o. Then followed a short period of peace, during which they grew in knowledge and in power. But they were an ener- getic people and soon commenced another series of battles over the tank. They won several victories, but after meeting hardships in shape of rain and the west side police, they decided this ancient goal (chestnut) was not worthy the effort to procure it Rather they choose to perform a feat novel and daring. Those who saw the spectacle will never for- get it. It was Friday morning. ' •  All had assembled as usual for chapel. In front sat the Faculty, below were the Seniors, Juniors and Sophomores, while the Freshmen held the gallery. The president arose to announce the first hymn, when behold ! right over the Faculty appeared a big red and black ' oi. Then what j ' elling and hissing. When President Smart learned the cause of the commotion and found that he could not get possession of the banner, he said as he resumed his chair, You ' ll have things your own way I suppose. How true and how prophetic. General Jlssociation H. A. Huston, ' S2 ... President James W. NoEt, ' 92 Vice-President Katherine E. Golden, ' 90 Secretary H. H. Vinton. ' 95 Treasurer The above constitute the Executive Committee JTssociation of GDicago John D. Murray, ' gi R. B. Stearns, ' 89 J. C. Whitridge, ' 95 . President . Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer Jlssociation of Indianapolis H. A. Beck, ' 82 A. R. Kipp, ' 96 . H. G. Cox, ' 95 . G. B. S1.OAN, ' 92 President . Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer Officers T. F. MORAN . Emma Mont McRae P. N. Evans President Vice-President Secretary and Treasurer Program Committee Stanley Coulter Emma Mont McRae P. N. Evans W. F. M. Goss Tnvitations Committee W. E. Stone R. A. Smart Decorations Committee J. C. Arthur Laura A. Fry D. B. Luten Anna E. Baker I ou$e Committee Severance Burrage W. P. Turner Severance Burrage Manager. Tirst mandolins R. C. Ricklev R. E. Peck H. R. Wilson Second mandolins H. O, Watjen P. R. HORNBROOK P. C. VanZandt flute S. Burrage Guitars E. h. Grimm E. N. Dashiel F. L. WaiTE T. H. Allen E. D. Fristoe Uiolin W. A. Atkins eello I . W. Harrington Officers A. H. Aldinger President M. B. WiSHARD Vice-President M. J. Henoch Recording Secretary Parker HiTT Corresponding Secretary H. J. Wright Treasurer IS. Prosrani Committee F. NESBITT W.gPRENTICE O. Miller C. S. Sample Board of Editors A. H. Aldinger Editor-in-Chief J. Briggs Assistant Editor C. E. Collins Business Manager D. H. Howard Assistant Business Manager F. BuTTERWORTH Librarian i purdue-chemicalI • -SOCIETY ' • S y gf % sj Officers DONAi,D Davidson .... President J. O. Meyer Vice-President F. L. Cole Secretary V. K. Cassady Treasurer M. M. Smith Reviewer H. E. Wright Reporter Dr. W. E. Stone Robert G. Worstali, C. S. Bosenbury J. J. HAI.I, P. W. Mavity H. J. Robertson members Dr. p. N. Evans J. C. Bahard A. H. Bryan h. A. Hurst C. H. El I,IOTT O. E. Spurgeon W. H. Test J. C. Beneker R. S. Conner C. F. Hately C. McGovney W. E. Finney Officers D. B. Mii i,ER President C. F. Naeer Vice-President R. W. Mack Secretary L. Wilson Treasurer G. P. Newsom Critic D. W. Scott . . Critic members R. M. Heavilon F. b. Jenks C. W. Moore B. E. Harbour J. LiNDEMAN L. F. George H. A. Miller C. P. Vestal C. J. Reamer A. G. Mace B. H. Hack W. Simmons A. N. Hume C. Frazier W. M. Martin L. V. Shoemaker j. r. Conover J. Frazier J. M. Tade R. Reeves A. Taylor C. J. Byers W. H. Ginn C. O. Sawdon W. B. WcoD F. S. Hoskins 41 Officers E. T. Mug President M. Fox Vice-President Clarke Williams Recording Secretary A. F. Rolf Corresponding Secretary Leon Clarke Treasurer 1 executive eommittee F. O. Schweitzer J. M. Fisk F. S. Gaskill ' members T. S. Allen E. t. King J. P. Bradner F. B. Maze T. T. Cauble E. T. Mug Leon Clarke A. F. Rolf C. E. DoANE E. O. Schweitzer J. C. DoBELBOwER C. A. Simpson J. M. Fisk E. L. Simpson M. Fox T. Slaughter E. S. Gaskill W. H. Thompson A. O. Gates F. p. Walther V. Gellbreath r. h. Wadsworth C. L. Hayes Clarke Williams J. E. HiLBiSH C. A. D. Young 93 Officers E. C. OwvER President G. E. Ugi,and Vice-President H. A. Wainwright . Recording Secretary C. R. Green .... Corresponding Secretary G. Mueller Treasurer 1 Board of Control Professor J. J. Flather E. C. Oliver P. H. Batten R. A. Allen G. A. Gemmer S. M. ZURAWSKI E. C. Oliver Program eommittec B. G. Fernald Officers C. A. Warren President E. S. Baker Senior Vice-President C. S. BosENBURY Junior Vice-President E. I. KizER Secretary and Treasurer Executive eontmittee C. A. Warren J. R. SlCKtER Edwin Lennox members Dr. Stanley Coui ter George Downs H. MiNTER M. J. Rosenthal A. H. Wilson F. H. Curtis Prof. Severance Burrage R. G. Curtis J. D. MOSCHELLE A. A. Parker C. Wood O. E. Spurgeon Officers for )897- ' 9$ Wir,ijAM A. Drake . • • President Charles W. Tippy Vice-President Fritz Ernst Recording Secretary Walter L. Kibbey . . ■ Corresponding Secretary Melville B. Wishard . . Treasurer members M. P. Bone J. H. Berryhill G. L. COLBURN W. M. Crockett J. h Cunningham F. W. Dencer F. G. DONNER F. Ernst A. O. Gates H. L. Gordon B. E. Harbour J. E- HILBISH T. A. Harlow T. A. Clark C. N. Cline C. R. Coss F. S. Crockett C. Davis J. L. DOAN E. Elliot J. Ensminger L. F. GEORGE H. Garman O. Harlan L. A. Hurst W. Headington J. S. Haskins H. B. Hatch F. B. Jenks L. L. Johnson F. I.awrence H. Lund C. W. Moore W. Martin T. A. Newlin F. E. Osborn C. C. Parker C. Riddle E. G. Stroud F. Trucksess R. Wickersham Prof. J. D. Hoffman T. G. Knauss J. Lindemer W. P. Lewis R. W. Mack O. D. McFarland J. C. Olmstead R. A. Parsons A. E. Rhoads T. Scheuman W. Thompson R. H. Wadsworth Prof. C. A. Waldo Prof. T. G. Alford Mabel Clare Lindley . President Martha Dicks Stevens . . Vice-President Sadye Stallard Recording Secretary Sara B. Freed . . Corresponding Secretary WiLHELMiNA Jabob . . . Treasurer Mrs. E. H. Anderson Miss Louise M. Johnson Miss Goldsbury Miss Mary Caulkins Miss Dell McLaughlin Miss Bertha Barr Crouse 97 Of ficers Bert Fankboner Brent F. Tozzer Benjamin D. Barrow . Edd. C. O1.1VER ... President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer members E. W. Rawlings J. H. BERRYHILL E. C. Oliver F. C. ROBiE W. Eaton F. W. Means C. R. Green C. C. Hoke C. J. Reamer H Budd T. Wai ther C. Ai: i,en P. C. VanZandt C. Branigan Cecil Fowler 98 Staff of m ' 99 Debris George A. Gemmer, Editor-in-Chief E. E. Sri.K, Associate Editor-in-Chief C W. Scott, Associate Editor in-Chief Mabei, C. Lindley G. E. Ugeand W. A. Drake . . T Literary Editors i. W. Stair . Cearence Tait B. A. TozzER . A. F. ROEF . . C. P. Baxter Claude Riddle F. C. ROBIE Assistant Business Manager Art Editors Business Manager Purdue ' ' exponent ' Board of editors Charles Edward Parker, ' 99 . . Carlyle Editor-in-Chief. Arthur O. Gates, ' 98 . . . Emersonian Business Manager. Harry Leacock, ' 99 ... . Carlyle Assistant Business Manager Iv- Iv. Johnson, ' 99 Irving Advertising Editor. Bessie Ray Rankin, ' 98 . . Philalethian Giles E. Ripley, ' 99 . . . . Emersonian Victor W. Thompson, 1900 .... Florence Hiller, ' 01 Literary Editors. Josephine Beebee Art Editor Sadye Stallard ' 99 . . . Philalethian J. Clarence Ballard, ' 99 ... Irving Parker Hitt, ' 99 Local Editors. Martha Dick Stevens, ' 94 ... Alumni Editor. Thomas Albert Hanson, ' 98 . . . Department Editor. Macy S. Good, ' 99 Athletic Editor. Nell Aylmer Stansbury, ' 01 . . . Exchange Editor. Engineerind Inspection trip IfKlfK N unlucky thirteen seems like a rather omnious number for a party to start out on, but that was the size of the electrical section, including Professor Goldsborough. Probably the reason that we did not come nearer any serious accidents than having the steamer on which we rode partly demolished soon after we left it, and being delayed five hours because of a washout on the railroad, was because the electrical section was not the majority of the whole party. The mechanicals were more plentiful and num- bered eighteen beside Professor Flather, so our whole party consisted of thirty students and two professors. Our first destination, after leaving Lafayette, was Louisville, which we reached on time at at 7:30 a. m., March 21 . The only thing which happened on this trip to attract our attention was when Professor Goldsborough, in his efforts to get a good sleeping position in the car seat, accidently got his feet too high above the level of his side pockets, and came very near loosing a multitude of silver dollars which rolled out on the car floor. Headquarters in Louisville were made at the Willard Hotel, and soon after breakfast the work of inspection began, the electricals visiting the different establishments of interest under the direction of Professor Goldsborough, and the mechanicals with Professor Flather. The principal places visited by the electrical section were the Telephone Exchange, street railway power-plant and the various lighting stations. The mechanicals visited the bridge works, city pumping station, railway shops. The stay in this typical Kentucky town lasted two days, and on Tuesday, at 5 p. m., we boarded a typical river steamer — typical of several years ago — which was to carry us up the Ohio to Cincinnati. The river was high and our trip lasted until 11:30 the next day. When at last we did arrive in Cincinnati we proceeded at once to the Dennison Hotel, where we soon made up for lost opportunities on the boat to do justice to a square meal. We were now half a day behind in our pro- gramme, and we had to h ustle to see all we could during the day and a half remaining for us to stay in Cincinnati. Both sections found a great many plants and shops which were of special interest, and heard of many more which they could not visit for lack of time, so although we saw and learned a great deal we were somewhat loathe to leave the cit-s when the time arrived for us to do so on Friday morning We arrived in Hamilton, Ohio, at 9 o ' clock Friday morning, and spent the day visiting the Niles Tool Works, Hosier Safe Co. and various small plants. At 7 o ' clock in the evening we were off for Daj ' ton, Ohio, which we reached four and a half hours behmd time, owing to the washouts on the C. H. D. Howe er, the kind professor, knowing we were not used to being up so late as I o ' clock, allowed us to sleep a half hour later next morning Probably the most interesting place we visited in this city was the National Cash Register Company, which, without doubt, must be one of the finest factories in the world. The principal other places visited were Stillwell-Bierce Smith- Vaile Turbine Company, Thresher Electric Company and Barney Smith Car Company. Saturday night, soon after supper, was the time to start v for home, and no one got lost when the time came for this trip. At Hamilton we boarded a special car which carried us into Lafayette, at 8 o ' clock Sunday morning, very tired but satisfied with what we had seen. For beside having seen many things of interest for engineers, and having been the recipients of many courtesies from the officers of the companies we visited, we had traveled over a varied section of the country which, in itself, would make a trip well worth taking. 103 Irving Citerary Society motto Qui non Proficit, Colors AZURE AND SEA-SHELL PINK . ' . . . Officers L L Johnson W W Connor J H Berr hili, L R Cook V M Thompson W Stair C E Craig Alex. Chambers J C Ballard President Vice President Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Treasurer Critic on Recitations Critic on Literature Libranan Marshal 4 - J. C. Ballard y- J. L. DOAN y- G A. Gemmer - 7 J- H. Berryhill -J. L. Cunningham ;y.C. E. DUCAS l)onorary members Professor Glen L Swiggett, A.M. Professor Stanley Coulter, A.M., Ph.D. Professor T G Alford, A M. Professor T. F. Moran, A B , Ph.D. members « ' 9S ■•E. E. Brockman J--A. G. Byrns jl-C. E. Doane fj £fe,ie : ' C. F. Pressler j -W. H. Thompson ' 99 -J. P. Bradner -F. F. Chandler ,y-B. W. Stair jp-W. P. Fitch ,J.L. L. Johnson ,„-Geo. E. Ugland ,1, O. D. McFarland .hClaude Riddle 1900 it-F. S. Lawrence , .E. N. Dashiell . .C- E. Craig  i J- J- O ' Brien . Earnest Matlock .; -C. R. DoolEY 4-Clifford Branigan ;; ' M. W. O ' Brien _ • P. W. Mavity i;-V. M. Thompson , tW. A. Atkins J I - Hugo Lund ' 01 iJA-ALEX. Chambers i i- L. R. Cook jV-W. F. Violet ming Citerary Society ' 1x N the future when we look back upon our college da} ' s there will be many pleasant recollections connected with the literary halls, where we first struggled with logic and aired our wit. Who can tell what high places await those whose minds have been trained in those intellec- tual arenas? Certainlj ' the benefits de- rived there will always be an aid in the onward and upward march. Realizing the value of literary train- ing, sixteen earnest men on the evening of Jan. 29, 1875, a short time after the founding of the University, met in the second story of what is now the phar- macy building and formulated plans for an organization to that effect. This was the beginning of Irving Literary Society, the first student organization at Purdue. There were trials as well as joys at first, but the Irving pioneers did not know how to fail, and the society grew and prospered Then came the proud day in November, ' 77, when, with many distinguished visitors in attendance, the new hall in the main building, its present home, was dedicated. Since then about four hundred names have been added to the roll, and during the past year four prominent mem- bers of the Faculty have been enrolled as hon- orary members. The years come and go very swiftly in this pleasant college life, but in the literary halls each one yields its harvest of gain from the effort sown. Each one takes away some old familiar faces, but leaves instead a legacy of new ones. Each sees the panorama, only slightly changing, of the regular weekly gather- ings, the more brilliant open and joint meetings and, the crowning event of them all, the annual entertainment. Though at times progress seems to be slow, in the end a summation of good has been derived that cannot fail to better fit one for his place in life. Irving of the present, proud of the successes of her alumni and stirred by their example, assures them that, in all literary achieve- ments, she will in the future, as she has done in the past, take an honor- able and prominent part. 1C9 earlyle Citerary Society motto Studete Literas Colors CARMINE AND GOLD _ j:: m ' officers Frederick W. Dencer .... President Edd C. Oliver Vice-President Robert L,. Gordon Recording Secretary Robert A. Allen Corresponding Secretary George H. Mueller, Jr Treasurer Charles E- Parker Riglit Critic William M. Crockett Left Critic Howard F. Ely Don H. Howard C . . . . Judges Theodore H. Scheumann ) Marvin Fox Managing Editor The CarlylE Sword David O. McClure Librarian Harry M. Bird Sergeant-at-Arms Theodore H. Scheumann Pianist Clarke L. Hayes Janitor -William Murdock Crockett 2,- Edd Charles Olivp:r members ?-Harold Franklin Ely y-RoBERT Arnold Allen 3- Stanley Hastings McMullen f-FREDERiCK William Dencer V-Clarke Lorrain Hayes )t-THEODORE Henry Scheumann f-MARViN Fox JjGeorge Elliott Hallenbeck fc. ' RoBERT Leitch Gordon -Harry Mokfit Bird 7-George Henry Mueller, Jr. ?-DoN Hartley Howard SJudson Daniel Moschelle 9«arry J. Leacock aojCharles Edwards Parker c-Daivd Oliver McClure ii-Leonard Wilson Harrington h-George Franklyn Endicott jlx-Harry Stone Budd ,i-GEORGE H. bent A3-0LIVER F. SliMP id earlyle Citerary Society ' fp ARLYLE is a name dear to every member of the society. It recalls a brotherly feeling for every one of our society who meet, week after week, seeking literary and social attainments. The spirit of Carlyle is based on brotherly love and loyalty of members to each other. It has been her policy to combine literary and social culture so that her members may be more closely linked in friendship and thus do better work. Our pin, the Roman gladiatorial sword, avows ov - determination to ever strive for the mastery. The attachment, a golden cube, denotes the firmness of our purpose, and the chain connecting the two represents the bond of friendship existing between us as brothers. This spirit clings to our members even after they leave the University as is shown by the interest our alumni take in our welfare. Mr. W. J. Jones, ' 91, with the deep interest which he has always felt for Carlyle, has offered a gold medal to the member doing the best work throughout the year. We still claim the originality an l progressiveness that our predecessors did. The truth of this is evidenced by the society effecting the organization of a weekly newspaper, the official organ of the society, called the Carlyle Sword, which is read at every meeting. This paper is governed by a managing- editor and editors-in-chief, the latter officers being changed every week. As the editors-in-chief are allowed full scope for their ingenuity, very enter- taining papers are read. It had been the custom for the Car- lyle speakers to wear caps and gowns at the Annuals only, but this year the caps and gowns are worn at the regular meetings as well, thereby giving additional dignity to the work. In closing we cannot help but repeat what has been said to the new ones wearing the Roman sword: When you lose the old spirit that breathed through the name Carlyle, you will fall; when you make it stronger, you must stand at the very head. {m - 3 Pbilaletbean Citerary Society motto Per Angusta ad Augusta Colors CORN AND WHITE Officers President . . Emma Hostetter Anderson Vice President . . Rebecca Ray Rankin Corresponding Secretary . Bertha Barr Crouse Recording Secretary . Della McLaughlin Treasurer Effie Keifer Critic on Right . . . Wilhelmina Jacobs Critic on Left . Prudence Vivian Yager Censor . . Margaret Francis Haywood Sentinel . . . Nelle Parker Jon members •98 ) - Bertha Barr Crouse JIebecca Ray Rankin 5- Nelle Parker Jones jT-Mayme Bounds 3- Emma Hostetter Anderson 4,-Mable Clare Lindley 7-M1LDRED Cummins f-SAYDE Stallard -Cora Mae Caulkins -Wilhelmina Jacobs tf-EFFiE Keifer ;i-Della McLaughlin 3-Grace Belle Stretch v-Bertha Goldy r-jEssiE Mable Cones 4 -Prudence Vivian Yager T-Margaret Francis Haywood Special ir- Lela Blanche Hoffman I onorary iQ ' Martha Dicks Stevens Pbilaletbean Dtcrary Society ' P Where are you going, my pretty maid ? To the Philalethean, sir, she said. May I go with you, my pretty maid ? I think not to-day, sir, she sweetly said. ERHAPS she was on the program. Perhaps she was apprehen- sive of the conster- nation it would cause her sister Philaleth- eans. Whatever her reason, she overlooked the lasting benefit he would have derived from spending an hour in the cultured atmos- phere of one of our meetings. College life is merely a discipline or training of our faculties for future use, and the Philalethean Society is one of the important factors in this training. It joins hands with the College in rounding up character. Its socials and annuals furnish the elements that serve to develop the social side, while the literary exercises strengthen the intellectual. The versatility of our talents has been dem- onstrated in our last two Annuals, when we have deviated somewhat from the well-worn path of former years. But the sunny days of summer bring the end of college life for some, and the Philalethean girls, • Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and river meet, leaving their Alma Mater to take up the respon- sibilities of life, are compelled to look out and not in ; forward and not backward. The world, with all its activities and possibilities, is awaiting them. In after years the Purdue girl in retrospective mood, recalling the college days that are past, lingers most over the memories suggested by the name of Philalethean— to smile and sigh over the remembrances evoked, and to weave bright dreams of its usefulness as a factor in the education of all future Purdue girls. ' i?7 r emersonian Dterary Society fvn motto Wie die Arbeit so der Lohn. Colors CREAM, SHRIMP PINK, NILE GREEN. Officers President F. B. Jenks, ' 98 Vice-President J. Briggs ' 98 Recording Secretary C. N. Cline, 1900 Corresponding Secretary . . G. E. Ripley, ' 99 Treasurer . . . W. P. Lewis, ' 01 Right Critic A. O. Gates, ' 98 Left Critic F. E. Trucksess, 1900 Librarian D. B. MillER, ' 98 Marshall T. A. Hanson members— 1S9S l-J. Briggs H-T. A. Hanson - F. B. Jenks a,-G. L. Colburn f- R. W. Heavilon J- D. B. Miller 3- A. O. Gates 4- J. E. Hilbish 9-W. M. Sawdon 1899 P-W. A. Drake  -G. E. Ripley ll-L. A. Hurst t ' O. E Spurgeon jl-L. A. Harlow ,7-C. W. Tippy 3-W. L. KiBBY if- P. H. Wadsworth . -J. C. Olmstead 9-M. B. Wishard 1900 ao-C. N. Cline a3-R- C. Gault ;i4-E. Holladay 41-F. Ernst x (- B. E. Harbour 7- C. W. Moore ll-L. W. Cromwell i ' - R. A. Parsons JlT-E- E. Trucksess 1901 I 1- F. H. Allen 30-W. P. Lewis 3 ' P. Wickens €ttier$ottian Citerary Society VERY institution, it is said, always retains the characteristics given to it by its founders. It may go far beyond the original conception for which it was given an ex- istence, but it never quite loses the impress which it received in the first stages of its life. As it grows and develops it only furthers these characteristics. Thus we see that the greatest success comes to that institution that has had the best founders. A few years ago a small number of earnest, energetic young men met in a student ' s room in the dormitory, and organized a society which they christened the Emersonian Literary Society. Their purpose, as given in the following lines from the preamble, has never been lost sight of by their fellow-Emersonians— We desire to exhibit a due consideration for others; to maintain a proper decorum in all our intercourse; and to seek for truth in all our exercises. Although the origin of the society was humble, the ,v t? Emersonian has long since become and. con- tinues to be one of the strongest students organizations at Purdue. She appears to have lost none of the energy and enthusiasm for which she has been noted in the past, and which has made her career so successful. It is the opinion of the oldest members that the society is stronger now than at any time in her history As Purdue is essentially a technical school, there is less provision made for lit- erary culture in her curriculum than may be found elsewhere. The chief aim of the Em- ersonian, is to furnish a literary training to those students who feel the need of higher literary culture. That she has and is suc- ceeding in this aim, is shown by the success of her members. In the last three years not less than twenty-five diplomas have been granted to members who have graduated from Purdue. She can point with pride to her illus - trious alumni, for their names have ranked among the first of their College class. Though she has felt the severe strain caused by the loss of so many strong work- ers, she has never faltered but has worked bravely on, ever seeking to carry out the Emersonian Ideal that is expressed in her preamble. Cbe Annuals ' ' NNUAL week of ' 98 was opened under the aus- pices of the Carlyle So- Lietv b} ' an all-star cast of Philaletheans and Carlyles in two interest- ing farce-comedies, Bos- ton Dip and Willough- by Brown ' s Dinner Party. The enthusiastic crowds that overflowed the floor and gallery of the chapel testified to the success of Purdue ' s young histrions, and the dainty stage effects and charming costumes furnished an artistic setting to the productions. Between acts and plays there were musical num- bers including a flute solo by Prof. Burrage, a piano duet by Mrs. W. J. Jones and Miss Bertha Crouse, and a vocal solo by Mrs. Edgar A. Taylor, with violin obligato by Leonard Harrington. On Wednesday, Philalethean evening, the same program was given, with excellent music by the West Side Mandolin Club. Boston Dip deals with the Mulligrubs, who have become rich by selling fish, and the subsequent efforts of Mrs. Mulligrub to get into society by learn- ing the dance of the day, the Boston Dip. The father misinterprets her meetings with the dancing master and causes much trouble, which is finally set- tled in a highly satisfactory manner. The cast of characters was as follows: Mr. Moses Mulligrub (once a fish peddler, now a rich speculator) . Robert Leitch Gordon Monsieur Adonis (French dancing master) Marvin Fox Mr. Richard Dasher (a gaj ' young man) J. D. MOSCHELLE Mr. Lavender Kidds (an exquisite) P. Endicott Mrs. Moses Mulligrub . Mayme Boulds Miss Ida Mulligrub . Wilhelmina Jacobs Miss Eva Mulligrub . May Caulkins The second play presented, Willoughby Brown ' s Dinner Party, was in two acts and was cast as follows: Jack Remington (with money to burn) . Frederick W. Dencer (Carlyle presi- dent). Willoughby Brown (the best natured man in the world) . . Marvin Fox Agnes Brown (a disappointed woman ) . Martha D. Stevens Alicia Keith (who knows everybody) Bessie R. Rankin Tim Casey (the ice man) . Ci arke L. Hayes Stubbs (Tom Rodney, of the Philadelphia Times) . . Robert L. Gordon Ellen (Eleanor Armstrong, of the New York Sun) . . Bertha B. Grouse THE dinner guests. The Dean of Axminster . David O. McClure Hon. Harbury Curtis (the dean ' s brother) Harry Bird Mrs. Plimpton Jones (a type) Effie Kieffer Plimpton Jones (always fatigued) . Stanley McMullen James Duncan (a marrying man) Robert A. Allen Elsie Maxwell (a debutante) Jessie M. Cones Tom Maxwell (Elsie ' s brother) George Bent Harry Walker (on the Stock Exchange) , . . Judson Moschelle Mrs. Harry Walker (a bride) . Margaret F. Haywood Mrs. Bixley (a widow) . Lela B. Hoffmann The ushers for Tuesday evening were Messrs. Harry Leacock, George Mueller, Theo- dore Scheuermann and George Hallenback, and all wore the Oxford cap and gown, the garb of the society. On Philalethean evening the ushers were: Miss Prudie Yager Miss Sadye Stallard David McClure George Mueller 123 l%- N the following evening the Emersonian Society presented their annual enter- tainment to an audience as large and enthusiastic as those of the preceding nights. The interest taken in this event by the student body and by the public at large was shown by the large crowd that gathered about the hall early in the evening to await the open- ing of the doors. Their program was, as the president stated in his address, nothing new or startling, but merely a type of their regular weekly work with, perhaps, a little more care and attention given to its preparation, and was given with a view to interesting more of the students in literarj ' work. Program Invocation Piano solo . Miss Jeannette L. Smith Menuett — Papendiek President ' s address . . F1.0YD B. Jenks Brotherhood . . Arthur O. Gates Vocal solo . . . Julius B. Meyer A Maiden Fair — Lynes The Maniac . . Walter L. Kibbey Selection (Bill Nye) . Ivan C. Olmstead Violin solo . . . William Powers Fantaisee Pastorale — Singelie The Spirit of Progress . French E. Trucksess The Silent Message . . Giles E. RiplEy Vocal solo . . Miss Bertha Ridgley Ah, Sweetheart Mine — Borscy Winning Forces . . William A. Drake At ther Literary . . James Briggs Violin solo . . . William Pouters LaCinquantaine — Gabriel-Marie Benediction ' MB Irving Society concluded the , , _ J week ' s entertainment with the j J tJj - presentation of their twenty- If ' a third literary annual in a man- ' - ' ' ner which bespoke the most careful preparation and long and patient train- ---bv— ing. As on the previous evenings, both the ' i r=-- floor and galleries of the chapel were crowded (W ' - F I 1 with a large and enthusiastic audience, which M ' A J showed its appreciation of the program pre- i 4 sented by repeated rounds of applause. ' j s -- If we may except the excellent rendering of the program, which has for many years been a matter of course with this society, the feature of the evening was the unique and tasteful jflfllllil decoration. The whole rear of the stage was ' ' (B tlllll draped in white, giving the effect of a Grecian ' ' ' ' I ' llllWWmm temple, while banks of palms and potted plants at the angles and the many incandescent lights gave to the whole an artistic effect which has seldom been equaled at Purdue. PrO(ll 2ltl Music Purdue Mandolin Club Invocation Prof. Coulter Music Stainer Quartet Night Breezes President ' s address L. L- Johnson Oration B. W. Stair Two Monuments Story G. A. Gemmer How Rameses became King Violin solo Miss Josephine Sims II Trovatore — Singalee , Recitation Hugo Lund U d Llllll y an ' de Shadder 0 ' L ' i)mllllm Oration Claude Riddle t ? ,_ . i t The Mutability of Nations l j V l ' , - Music, banjo Ray C. Ewry ' i ji ' a-Handicap . H. B. Lancaster — fv k l ' b- Hell Up to Date . Geo. Barcus m rf ' y i Hffl I II Essay Clarence Ballard V M w ' ' Jsfm Immigration iTtf III UxM Recitation L.L.Johnson %Wm llllli liw T An Idyl of the Period. J--Wl ' Jrailll MM I L Music Purdue Mandolin Club  MA j ' Anbade Napolitaine-Aletter f Iw E Original poems John L. Doan n l fi I a-Washington at Valley Forge I kj b-The Old Tank I — ¥ i ' f  Music Stainer Quartet Vfflf IJf ' i a- Star of Love ' ■ ' ' ™ b- Good Night 125 1-f ' ' 4- Ole Are Seven p ip« S the best animals of all the earth entered the ark with Noah, so, in the fall of ' 93, did the applicants of the ' 98 Prep class, from all over the United States, enter the majestic halls of Purdue, with that venerable old white-haired guardian who sought to put us on that road which leads on- ward and upward to that one thing which all strive so hard to attain — ' success. This road we have found and still find, to be very rugged and steep, ' with by-paths here and there, out of which it is difficult to keep from drift- ing. We much regret that some of our once goodly number have, perhaps, drifted into these b_v-paths or fallen by the wayside. But our country has been in so much of a hurry that it could not wait for the greater number of us to reap that re- ward for which we all so earnestly sought, but must call them to positions before their college education was completed. Of the fifty that started in ' 93, only seven are lelt to reap the harvest. Mingled with our flunks and misfortunes are many achievements and successes. Some of ' 9S ' s best athletes have been Preps. Every year since we entered the University we have had, at least, one man on the football team. It was through the high class standing, and noble achievemtnts of the ' 98 Preps that Prexy concluded it was men and women, fit for the Freshman class, who entered Prep- dom, instead of children. And for this reason Prepdom is a thing of the past, and when our names are stricken from the roll-books, Preps will be a thing of the past, and upon our names rests all the honor, fame and glory of being The Last Preps. ■Ernest S. Baker 3- Mayme BOUI DS Che Remnants of the Preps Custodian i-ERASTus Test, A.M., M.D. CheCast Preps fc- Richard M Heavilon - Llewellyn V. Ludy _ William D. Findley ?. Metta INI. Motter 4 ' •■ ' — 1-- David B. Miller 126 Sidina Cbi Founded, 1855. ' 9 1 Official Organ — Sigma Chi Quarterly Secret Organ— Sigma Chi Bulletin Colors BLUE AND GOLD Tlowcr WHITE ROSE Roll Of Chapters Miami University Ohio Wesleyan University Columbian University Washington and Lee University Tulane University Lehigh University Northwestern University University of Nebraska University of Kansas Vanderbilt University Leland Sanford, Jr., University West Virginia University Ohio State University Columbia University Cornell University Illinois Wesleyan University Purdue University University of Michigan University of Indiana University of Mississippi University of Virginia University of Chicago University of California Missouri State University University of Minnesota University of Texas University of Cincinnati University of Pennsylvania University of Southern California University of North Carolina University of Wisconsin University of Illinois DePauw University Butler University Denison L niversity Bucknell Universit)- Randolph Macon College Gettysburg College Albion College Hobart Collpge Massachusetts Institute of Technology Dickinson College Pennsylvania State College Roanoke College Dartmouth College Beloit College Kentucky State College Centre College Hanover College Hampden Sidney College Jllumni Chapters Indianapolis, Ind. 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Tratres in Universitate 1- Albert Hugh Bryan j -Aloysius John Rumely X- Mark West McGaffey jf- Charles Whitall Valentine 3- Benjamin Gravely Fernald fMARTiN Washington Earhart 7- Brent Achilles Tozzer p -Ralph Aldrich Bond ' 99 p- Albert Edward Gilman j -Charles F ' orrest Fltnn 9 -Adolf Schleicher, Jr. i-RoY Claborne Rickly ' 01 J- Joseph Andrews ifCHARLES Douglas Barrett j ' WiLLiAM Avery Atkins i- Cecil Gross Fowler yl- Frank Riggs Timberlake Kappa Sigma Founded 1867 Official Organ — The Caduceus Tlowcr LILY OF THE VALLEY Colors OLD GOLD, PEACOCK BLUE AND MAROON Chapter Roll Kentucky University Ohio State University Cumberland University Southwestern University Vanderbilt University Washington and Lee University Tulane University Bucknell University Mercer University Columbian University Southwestern Baptist University Southwestern Presbyterian University U. S. 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Ferris ' 99 -James H. Johnson V-Samuel L. VanNatta 2- Macy S. Good j ' - Earl A. Means 3-Charles p. Baxter 1900 7- Walter C. McP ' adden ?- William Prentice ' 01 9- Walter T. Bronson o-Thomas H. David I -Myron H. Spades Pharmacy ' 99 ' i-CLEM Thistlewaite Post-Graduate J -John H. Fox 136 ' -, •« N| l i P ! =- j B -d ¥ - - 1 GS: i i Stdtna nu Founded at Virginia Military Institute, January i, 1869 Official organ — The Delta of Sigma Nu Colors BLACK, WHITE AND GOLD IK flower WHITE ROSE Chapter Roll Central University Tulane University Emory College Alabama Polytechnic Institute University of California University of Chicago University of Texas University of Kansas North Georgia College Universit of Iowa Muncie University DePauw University Rose Polytechnic Institute University of Lousiana Lombard University LTniversity of Georgia Washington and Lee University University of Alabama Vanderbilt University Bethel College William Jewell College Lehigh LTniversity North Carolina A. and M. College Leland Stanford, Jr., LTniversity LTniversity of North Carolina University of Pennsylvania Ohio State University University of Virginia University of Indiana Purdue LTniversity Albion College Mount Union College University of Missouri Northwestern University Georgia Institute of Technology University of Washington 139 Slfltna nu— Beta Zeta Chapter Organized October 26, 1892 Tratrcs in Univcrsitare -Edward Ellsworth Reynolds, M. E. J.- Raymond C. Ewry, M. E. 3 - John Walter Esterline, E. E. ' 98 H- Arthur Grover Byrns -John Meeker Fisk ' -William S. Moore 7 Herbert S. Nulsen ?-Karry Wright t-AusTiN Allen Parker o-Charles Arthur Simpson ' 9(? -Frederick C. Robie V- James J. Wiselogel - yi- A. Lee Wright - Charles Edward Parker 3- Lee Farrar Johnston ■ -Edward E. Silk Farrar Johnston ■ 1900 7-Oliver F. Slimp ; -C. F. Bookwalter { -George H. Bent jo-Myron W. Priseler |- James Elbert Si.imp PDarmacy aa-FRANK Glen Johnson J-Harry Lee Howell aV-JoHN A. Garrettson Pbi Delta CDeta Founded, Miami University, 184S Official Organ— The Scroll. Secret Organ— The Palladium Colors J ARGENT AND AZURE WHITE CARNATION Cbapter Roll University of Vermont Brown University Columbia University Gettysburg College University of Pennsylvania Alpha Province Dartmouth College Amherst College Union University Lafayette College Dickinson College Washington and Jeflferson College Beta Province Randolph Macon College Washington and Lee University University of North Carolina University of the South Gamma Province Alabama Polytechnic Institute University of Mississippi Tulane University of Louisiana University of Texas Southwestern University Delta Province Miami University Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio University n u , r University Indiana University Case School of Applied Science Wabash College University of Indianapolis Frankhn College Hanover College Colby University Williams College Cornell University Syracuse University Allegheny College Lehigh University University of Virginia Centre College Central University Vanderbilt University University of Georgia Emory College Mercer University University of Alabama DePauw University Northwestern University Knox College University of Illinois University of Minnesota University of Iowa Westminister College University of Kansas University of Californi Purdue University University of Michigan 6p$ilon Province The University of Chicago Lombard University University of Wisconsin Iowa Wesleyan University University of Missouri Washington University University of Nebraska Leland Stanford, Jr. Boston, Mass. Pittsburg, Pa. Washington, D. C. Louisville, Ky. Columbus, Ga. Macon, Ga. Selma, Ala Mobile, Ala. Cincinnati, Ohio fliumni Chapters Cleveland, Ohio New York City Indianapolis, Ind. Baltimore, Md. Chicago, 111. Richmond, Va. Lacrosse, Wis. Nashville, Tenn. Minneapolis and St. Paul Atlanta, Ga. St. Louis, Mo. Montgomery, Ala, Salt Lake City, Utah Birmingham, Ala. Los Angeles, Cal. New Orleans, La. Philadelphia, Pa. Akron, Ohio M3 Franklin, Ind. Detroit, Mich. Galesburg, 111. Milwaukee, Wis. Kansas City, Mo. Denver, Colo. San Francisco, Cal. Spokane, Wash. Pbi Delta Cbeta— Ckta Chapter Chartered March 17, 1S93 Col. W. C L. Taylor Dr. G. F Keiper Prof. Horace Ellis Oliver B. Leonard 9WARREN E. Moore Tratrcs iu Urbc W. F. Stillwell Charles Muller Samuel Moore, Jr. J. M. Taylor M. B. Wells |?-ROBERT S. MiLLI William Waurick Rev. H. Iv. Davis Ib-RAY W. Stoy l7-W alter H. Wheeler George P. Miller Tratcr in Tacultatc Charles B. Peterson, C. Jutm in Universitate Senior I -Percy Haight Batten juniors - Edwin Lennox V -Robert Eagle Peck 3 - Harold Vincent Patterson y- Earle Rawlings Knight (, -Frank H. Henley 7- Jay Byron Dill Sophomores - John O ' Brien f- Miles O ' Brien  Herbert M. Woolen il -Huston D. Fearis Treshmcn ■Harry Rudolf Wilson, Almon G. Mace — Ind. Gamma Special j« -Montgomery Evan Sherry «r- Albert Reed Brown Sigtna Jllpba Epsilon Founded in 1856 Incorporated in 1892 Official Organ— Sigma Alpha Epsilon Record Secret Magazine— Phi Alpha Colors Royal Purple and Old Gold ' Tlowcr Violet Ron Of ebapters Massachusetts Institute of Technology Pennsylvania State College Cumberland University Columbia University Vanderbilt University Denver University University of North Carolina University of Tennessee Harvard University University of Texas Leland Stanford, Jr. University Alleghany College Universit} ' of Louisiana University of the South Southern University Boston University Adrian College Northwestern University Washington University Furman University Simpson College Bethel College Davidson College University of Mississippi Ohio Wesleyan College University of Virginia Emory College Trinity College Mercer University St. Stephens College University of Georgia Ohio State University Washington and Lee University Purdue University Alabama A and M College University of California Worcester Polytechnic Institute University of Alabama Mount Union College Center College Wofford College Franklin College University of Colorado University of Missouri Southwestern Baptist University Georgia School of Technology South Carolina College Southwestern Presbyterian University University of Michigan Tulane University Bucknell University Central University University of Arkansas University of Nebraska Dickinson College Cincinnati University mmni B$m itms Chattanooga, Tennessee Jackson, Mississippi Detroit, Michigan Savannah, Georgia Cincinnati, Ohio Cleveland, Ohio Atlanta, Georgia Boston, Massachusetts Kansas City, Missouri Chicago, Illinois New York City Alliance, Ohio Augusta, Georgia 147 Sigma fllpba Cpsilon Indiana Beta Chapter Organized May i8, iSgj Tratrcs in Urbe David Charles Jordan Tratres in Universitatc j-DeWitt Wheeler Buchanan -Harold Whitcomb Cope 3- Stanley Hastings McMullen V- HiLDRED James Wright -- Robert Arnold Allen 4- James Perry Bradner 7- George Henry Mueller, Jr. ?-IvOuis Lee Johnson , f..5 Q - ' - - ' -Frederick Kirk Kno vlton -Paul William Mavity i Pbarmacv i- Henry Linius Byers Post-Qraduate 3-George Minot Finney V-WiLLiAM Christopher Taylor Cau Beta Pi ny ' 4 S a fitting mark of honor, membership to the Tau Beta Pi distinguishes a man who has attained high rank in scholarship and whose endeavors are marked by those qualities of earnestness and truth which will insure him success and honor in his life after college. The membership is limited to one fourth of each class of the engineering schools. The first of these is a Junior, chosen at the begin- ning of his Junior 5 ' ear, who is distin- guished as a Wilber scholar. At the beginning of the second term of the Junior year, one eighth of the class is chosen, and at the beginning of the Senior year another eighth of the class is chosen, making a total of one fourth of the Senior class eligible to election. The class records of each candidate are carefully searched, and personal qualifications considered before electing him ; for while the membership is limited to a certain part of each class, it is not required to take the full number if the merits of all do not justify election. The chapter has comfortable and neatly furnished quarters in the Powers block, on the corner of South and Vine streets, where meetings are held once in two weeks. These meetings are secret, and open only to members of the society and members occasionally given by pro. of the Faculty. Papers are read and discussed and lectures are ■ fessors and engineers. The colors of the society are brown and white, and the emblem is a small gold charm representing a bridge-trestle, fashioned as a watch-key and worn on a chain. Each year the society has been growing in zeal and enthusiasm, and several new chapters have been organized in other universities, so that the diploma of the organization carries with it increasing honors for its members, both old and new. Cau Beta Pi mentbm in tbe City i C. C. Chappelle membm in the Taculty 3- John Joseph Flather -Edward E. Reynolds ' -William Nelson Motter t -Clarence H. Robertson 7-J. Walter Esterline -Robert S. Miller ' -Thomas Alford Clark itJames D. Hoffman meniDers in tbe Univmity -John Meeker FisK i- Ed Charles Oliver 3-Albert Henry Aldinger V-Frederick William Dencer T-Chelsea Conro Aydelott t ' Llewellyn V. Ludy (Wilber Scholar) -Benjamin G. Fernald f-WiLBUR Hayes Thompson 9- James Briggs JoMerle D. Hill a Arthur O. Gates ja-EoMUND Oscar Schweitzer ;i ' }-FRED Rishling Parker Ay-STANiSLAus M. Zurawski ' erbert Spencer Nulsen t-SiMON William Hodgin (Wilber Scholar) ay-VicTOR G. Gilbreath :i%-jAMES J. WiSELOGEL Jy-ERNEST C. WELCH 3oMELVILLE B. WiSHARD 3 -BENJAMIN Charles Waldemaier S -Parker Hitt J}-Charles Everett Collins j -Edward Thomas Mug 31 -Philip Jacob Reich j -Arthur L,. Rolf qOOOOOq o o o o o 0| I o li I o )KLiLlb or ID °oooooO ' Organized February 13, 1S94 Color SCARLET SKUllS ' TV -John Henry Fox, K 2 A -Harold Whitcomb Cope, 2 A E 3 - Carleton Gillespie Ferris, K 2 1 _ Charles Arthur Simpson, S N .J-- Evan Montgomery Sherry, $ a e t- Stanley Hastings McMullen, 2 a e ;3- Austin Allen Parker, -Robert Eagle Peck, i e -Herbert Spencer Wilson, S N -DeWitt Buchanan, 2 A E d- Percy Haight Batten, f a 9 - -James Henry Johnson, K S 3-Macy Starbuck Good, K 2 N novitiates 3x!! ;..= 3?se::i;iS = B ! o 4 X X ? ! ! II J; Cox|i4?!! H2fTS vb — b ?M = N$Tr E ! L $ 5 O 10 ? •[ 2 a E ! . . K II j : : ? K o y i Z : w II GR. I I?J w D — ! ! S o ■• O t — ! ? B X = : : I 154 B.C.Ewo rOOT BALL BASt BALL riELD SPORTS GYMWASIUM TEWWIS Purdue Atbktics lp «p THLETICS at Purdue are held in high esteem by both the student body and the Faculty. The man with a well- developed body has a great aid in the exercise of mental energy. The development of one should not be accomplished at the expense of the other, how- ever. A careful development of both mind and body should be To be an athlete our aim alone is not so much to be desired, but to be a good student and likewise a good athlete is something to be proud of. We are proud to say that the majority of our athletes are men who also stand well up in their classes. This is something which can be said of few institutions. Purdue, although much smaller than the majority of the universities of the West and middle West, and labor- ing under many disadvan- tages, has not only shown herself to be able to cope with her larger adversaries, but has proven herself a leader, not only in point of I ' ' superiority of her teams, but ' in her effort to secure pure college athletics. With the entrance of each year the local association has been overhauled and im- proved. The association is now upon a firm, systematic basis. At the last meeting many improvements were made. The present officers of the association are as follows: Officers - L 3 - ' - ™ .... FtETCHER ViOLETTE . H. L. Byers Adolf Scheicher J. W. ESTERtlNE . President Vice-President Secretary . Treasurer Manager Boara of Directors C. A. Waldo From Faculty T. F. MORAN From Faculty R. C. EwRY At Large V. K. Cassady .... Class of ' 98 C. S. Sample . . Class of ' 99 Paul Mavity ' ..... Class of 1900 E. C. Robertson Class of ' 01 F. A. GrESHam Pharmacy ' 4 v OOTBALL still takes its place at the head of athletics at Purdue, and the follow- ers of the old gold and black have proved themselves able to carry the standard of victory onward and up- ward. The championship of Indiana has been easily retained, while some of the great universities of the West have been made to fall. Of the many men who tried to win a place on the team of ' 97, the fol- lowing are worthy of mention : ' 97 Tootball team l-W. H. Church, Princeton Coach i- J- N. Moore, ' 98 Manager J - W. S. Moore, ' 98 Captain -L. F. Johnson, ' 99 Left End --J. W. Raub, ' 99 Substitute Left End 4 ' R. A. Bond, 1900 Left Tackle y-C. S. Sample, ' 99 Left Tackle - F. D Herbold, ' 99 Left Guard -T. A. Hanson, ' 98 Substitute Left Guard j ' d. F. Breen, ' 98 Center -C. D. W. HoGATE, ' 99 Substitute Center , ;i-T. BuTTERWORTH, ' 99 Substitute Center 3-L. B. Webb, ' 98 Right Guard y-A. F. Alward, P. G Right Tackle j-.Herman Hall, ' 98 Right End -R. L. Sears, ' 98 Quarter Back ;-F. A. Gresham, ' 98 ... . Substitute Quarter Back f-W. S. Moore, ' 98 Le7t Half Back f-J. W. Malott, ' 98 .... Substitute Left Half Back 161 ' 97 Tootball team ;l -L. W. Gobkn, ' 98 Right Half Back £il-H. L. Byers, ' 99 Substitute Right Half Back ji ' C. E. DOAN, ' 98 Full Back i- -B. C. Robertson, ' or Substitute Full Back Y-J. W. ESTERLINE Full Back Tootball Scores, ' 97 Purdue 28 Purdue . 6 Purdue .... 8 Purdue .... • 4 Purdue 20 Purdue . ■ 4 Purdue . 30 Purdue . . Purdue 6 Illinois Normal Oberlin . 22 DePauw Champaign • 34 Indiana University . 6 Michigan • 34 Missouri 12 Alumni Minnesota . Totals— Purdue . . . . 106 Opponents 108 HE track team, of ' 97 did not retain its hold on the championship won at the State meet by the team of ' 96, and had to be content with third place, Earlham winning first place, Rose Polytechnic taking second by one point. The prospects for a winning team this season are excellent. Although defeated in a dual meet with the University of Illinois last season, another contest will take place this season, and chances are that Purdue will come out the The winners of the events included in last season ' s contests are as follows: Cecal Tield Day 100-yard dash, BuscHMAN I 220-yard dash, BuscHMAN 440-yard dash, Cassady JL -mile run. Green .3 i-mile run. Green 120-yard high hurdle. Batten 220-yard low hurdle, Cassady . Standing high jump, Ewry . t Running high jump, Robertson 4, Standing broad jump, Ewry Running broad jump, Bateson ] Hop, step and jump, Lindley Pole-vault, Bateson High kick, Ewry Shot-put, Cooper -mile bicycle, Ferris ? . i-mile bicycle, Anderson 9 2 mile bicycle, Ferris 5-mile bicycle, Anderson Hammer, Robertson 50-yard da.sh, Moore iQ I mile walk, Reese .11 ' 65 10 52| 2:073 4:47 18 283 5-03i 5.c6 II 19.06 41.06 8.11J 9.02 39-05 i:i2| 2:241 5:37i 15:11 109.02 8:243 Cast Vcar ' s Ulinncrs of the 16 events Included in Tield Day tbis Vear are loo-yard dash, Bindford, Earlham 220-yard dash, Jones, Karlham 440-yard dash, Cassady, Purdue I mile run, Green, Purdue . 1 20-yard hurdle, RisTine, Wabash 220-yard hurdle, Ristine, Wabash . Running high jump, Robertson, Purdue Running broad jump, Thornburg, Earlham Standing broad jump, Mai,one, Wabash Pole-vault, Cribs, Rose Polytechnic Shot-put, Roller, DePauw Hammer, Robertson, Purdue i-mile bicycle. Stone, Rose Polytechnic 5-mile bicycle, Stone, Rose Polytechnic . io| 52f 4:53 171 27i 5.06 20.01 9.09 903 37.10 109.02 3:io| 14:38! Purdue Base Ball team, ' 9$ l iv -J. Walter Esterune, Manager Positions and Players First Base . Smith - v Second Base [ S°!.!.f !° - = Third Base i Hayes -r CM. i o f Smith- Short Stop I . Q j jj . f Hayes - : Bronson- Catcher. FEARiS-y Right Field | Left Field Center Field . Stuart, Captain- o Scbcduk for m% (incomplete) April 18 — DePauw at Greencastle April 23 — Champaign at Champaign April 30 — Wabash at Crawfordsville May 21 — DePauw at Lafayette 168 Purdue mother 6oo$e « llush-a-by Tommy, Daddy is near, He ' s a professor, And that ' s very clear. A is for Alford, too long here he ' s tarried, B is for Burrage, who is soon to be married. C is for Coulter who ' s largely a bluff, D is for Ducky and Ah well now Duff. E is for Evans, who lately got wed, F is for Flather with steam-engine head. O is for Golden, the boys call him Mike, H is for Hatt, who wants a cheap bike. I is a pronoun — a big word with them all, J is for Jamie who ' s good at football. K is for Klepinger — O what a name ! L is for Luten, a sport and dead game. M is for Moran, who at talking is best, N is for nothing — we don ' t mean Bill . O is for others, there are none so warm, P is for Pap Green, he ' ll do 3 ' ou no harm. Q is for queer, that ' s what some of them are, R is for Reinhard, who is truly a star. S is for Stone, who is surely all right, T is for Taylor, who looks best at night. U is for ugly, there are none of them that, V is for Van, who ' s no more Prof, than Pat. W is for Waldo, inspiring to see, X for his unknown quantity. Y is for Yourey, our spelling is bad, Z is for zero, which we ' ve all of us had. See-saw, hear Sw — g 1 jaw. Could anyone talk any faster? He talks on science, linguisties and art, In fact in all things he is master. Of all the gay girls that e ' er I did see, Georgie ' s the fairest by far to me; For all day long I could sit by her side. And hear her talk at that forty-mile stride. Sophies and Freshies come out to play. The moon does shine as bright as day. Leave your lessons for W — 1 — o the crank, And meet your playmates at the tank. Coine with a bucket and come with a brush. Come with some paint and come with a rush. Up the ladder, all on a run, [gun; And don ' t give a darn for the man with the Put on your numbers and go away, And they ' ll be gone by the very next day. UlbV Don ' t Swiggett chanBe His accent ? ' gg ' Stc stop saying Ide The Athletic Association keep out of debt ? Coulter get a new system of marking ? The Freshman girls change their ways ? Burrage learn some new tunes ? The grass cop earn his salary? We have a MAN for Physical Director ? Pnseler stop arguing ? Evans eat chloroform with his meals ? Riddle wear a gag ? Turner keep away fr om the hall ? Means grow ? Aiford stop teaching ? Blake come out of his trance ? The Exponent have better articles ? Miss Plowman sell out her livery-stable ? Spurgeon quit school ? Robertson study for the ministry ? Waldo stop managing finances ? W. Test use Mme. Yale ' s beauty soap ? Spades quit talking about himself ? Bosenbury begin life over again ? Goldie learn something? Butterworth get fat ? Atkins throw away his ' oi sweater ? Tavlor devote all his time to church choirs ? Slimp and Miss get married ? Miss B — d — n forget Tiffin? Dick stop singing ? We have good baseball teams ? Miss H — 1 — r use the deaf and dumb language? Miss S — b — y keep out of the library ? FACULXV FREAK SHOW Cbe Cover MIS sweetheart lives afar off, and he receives a letter from her at least every other day. He lives onlj ' at meal-time, and between her letters reads and re-reads the old ones or for hours gazes fondly on her picture, which occupies the most conspicuous place in his room. He has no use for the ordinary pleasures of life. His one recreation is in talking of her. Otherwise he lives only for the time when he may see her again. Explained rROM a low, dark basement room comes a series of fearful, discordant sounds. They are so awful and unnatural that they seem scarcely human. The voice of the speaker seems full of suppressed emotion, and heat lightning would be a fit accompaniment to it. Passers-by stop and listen with bated breath and dilated eyes. Is this some unfortunate being strayed from his keeper ? Oh, no; it is merely Prof. Swiggett delivering a lecture on Phonetics. THE independent girl was giving her opin- ion of one of the fratenities. I think, said she, ' ' that they are an awful set of farmers. There are only one or two nice fellows in the ' frat. ' I wish they wouldn ' t invite me to their parties any more. And the friend to whom she had spoken hastened to one of the members of the despised fraternity and repeated the remarks of the independent girl. And when the latter heard of this she nearly killed herself being nice to the various members of the fraternity and spent much time in squaring herself. From this it would seem that girls — especially independent girls — do not always mean what they say. [76 H Tooiball Tdyl T HE day was dark and cold and dreary, Swathed in dark-gray clouds the heavens, And the wind blew, chilly, cutting. From the lakes that lie to the north-ward, Tumbling, tossing in the tempest; As one tumbles when of Port-wine One has drunk a quart or over. And ever and anon a rain-drop Fell from out the gray clouds sombre, Dampening much the students ' spirits. Now on this day so dark and dreary. When the wind blew chilly, cutting, From the lakes that lie to north-ward, Many people braved the weather, Left their homes so warm and cosey, Left their turkey not near finished, And assembled on the bleachers. Where they sat and shivered, shivered, Like a Freshman before Doc. Stone, Who is giving to him Hades; Sat there on the bleachers muddy. Sat there looking on the gridiron. Where the players were to struggle. Thither to the grounds so misty, Came a gang both large and motley; Came the people from the west side, Came the Faculty and students. Came the scores of people also Whom Jake More had given comps. to; Came the head push of the city, Came also the boys called chappies. Came Old Prexie whom we all like. And his grave sedate professors; Came Prof. Waldo with that grimace From which he ne ' er is parted; Came a Prof, named Jerry Flather Whose wheels are whirring always; Came E. Blake, E.M., Ph.D. Whom Nature ' s not been kind to; Came Pat. Tracy and the grass cop, Came old Louie, sleek and rotund. Came the Freshies green as grass is. And the Sophomores scattering wisdom, Came perhaps the Juniors also. But of them no one took notice; Came at last the thoughtful Seniors Whose conduct needs no comment. Came they all with colored ribbons Tied around the canes they flourished, And with megaphones with which They did make a fearful racket. As they sat there round the gridiron, Shivering in the inclement weather, Sat there with their noses reddening, As does his who drinks Budweiser, Suddenly the gates were opened, And with tread like conquering heroes Came the men from Minnesota. Tall, erect and husky were they, Big and strong broad-shouldered fellows, Larger much than their opponents. Who with movements quick and speedy. Now came hastening to the conflict. To the fight with Minnesota. Then they dressed up in their headgear, Tossed into the air their sweaters. Took their places round the pigskin, And prepared to kick each other. Of the battle fierce that followed, All too weak and tame my pen is To tell half the things that happen ed. Ere the first half was half ended. Rose the students ' dampened spirits, Rose they though the rain-drops ever Fell from out the sombre gray clouds, For Purdue ' s men, nimble fellows. Much out-played their giant rivals. Through and under, round and over Swept they like a mighty tempest. But the mightiest of tempests Ne ' er has been by half so windy As the Minnesota captain. He who kicked on every movement Of his light and swift opponents. And when finally the score stood Six to nothing in our favor. Loud the crowd which filled the bleachers Shouted out their hallelujahs. Flourished canes bedecked with ribbons. Whooped and yelled like men demented. And the grave, sedate professors And Pat Tracy and the grass cop. And the Freshmen, green as grass is. And the wise and thoughtful Seniors Cheered and pounded on the bleachers. Cheered and clapped their hands together. Then the Minnesota captain Substituted two fresh players. And the battle on the gridiron Grew as hot almost as Hades. 178 --J %r- 7 Ears were torn from off their moorings, As some stately ocean courser From her anchor by the tempest; And many injured, crippled players, Hors de combat from the conflict. Were dragged out upon the greensward. Then at last the fray was ended. And from off the muddy gridiron Limped a done-up set of athletes. And the crowd that in the bleachers, For three hours had sat and shivered. Took their homeward way contented, Fighting o ' er again the battle, Thinking that perhaps old Purdue Still had a little fight left in her. Basement Gcboes 1X1 ]VIiss Biller (as Bert SUmp approaches)— Bere comes the only man I openly admire. jviiss Stansbury— Ob girls, Ir. Bajter said he ' d rather dance with me than eat. ]VIiss Vinnedge— Be loohs rather dyspeptic. Chorus (as Robie and priseler approach!— Bere come papa and microbe. Iiss Stansbury— Cdhat do you thinh, General Gordon said this morning that not a boy in school was good enough for one of the girls. Cbere are two or three here that are good enough for me. jviiss Biller (suddenly and with no earthly reason)-Oh Johnny hold my heart. ]V[iss Biller— Oh girls, I ' ve got eight new shirtwaists. ]V[iss Baldwin— J-ets wear pinh shirtwaists and white duck shirts. Easily explained Cbere was silence in the basement, ]Vot a soul hnew what was wrong. •Che lonely place was silent, It had not been silent long, dby did no sound of voices Disturb the fragrant air? Che facts of the case were simply this Iiss Biller was ' nt there. iSo Since Vn Known Ber INCE I ' ve known her The birds all sing a merrier lay, And all my weary cares have fled awav. E ' en chapel service seems quite gay Since I ' ve known her. Since I ' ve known her Geology and Art seem sweet, And French with brightness is replete. And time speeds by on lightsome feet Since I ' ve known her. Since I ' ve known her My woe is all replaced by mirth, I ' m less persuaded of my worth, And do not think I own the earth, Smce I ' ve known her. M ScWitz Socieiy f iih Ih Readquarters : Labr Rouee Hnne? W yH Ofricers M M D. Davidson Read Growler 6. Colburn . . , Chief Rister • ' 3- lobnson, Inetructor in Load Carrying Good Professor of lags Knight Instructor of Paralysis on ' Cwo Beers f e lev J ecturcr on ] ijed Drinhs Gilman Professor of Booze Rickly . Instructor in ]Savigating with a lag Bajcter . . Instructor in Quantitative Drinking eddie and Hdoiph Httendants members l eans Ropper pech Lippe jvicfadden Schleicher Lennoj Bond Spades ttloolen Ramilton Ream fernald ]viunh Brown V €90 Club Quarters ; The external world. Motto : Of all mankind each loves himself the best. Officers C. H. Robertson . . Chief Egoist P. N. Evans . First Self-Admirer W. H. Test . Second Self-Admii members Spades Stair Spurgeon Rickley Lund Ballard Collins Hitt Bosenburv Kennedy Hurst Parsons Mug Bent Riddle Priseler Webber Herbold n I S3 Rope-Driving by Prof. Fi ather Co Sp fl n No evil thought has ever found A lodgement in his mind ; For he is such a fool that ne ' er Has there crept in beneath his hair A thought of any kind. Co B— 9— e He may hunt all day through the forest wild He may set a hundred traps; But the only time he ' s sure of his game Is when he ' s shooting craps. Co B. m. Under meekly parted hair Note her sweet, pure breadth of brow, Note her smiling eyes, allow She is really passing fair; And this winsome little elf Tends a shrine within her heart. Worships there with love and art Her one idol — her fair self. 185 Open Cetters Dear Mr. Editor : Did Stanley ever tell anything but improbable stories to his classes ? Yours anxiously, A Constant Reader c We have reason to believe that there was a time when Stanley ' s stories had some of the ear-marks of truth. A long time ago an enter- prising student invented a truth meter. With this instrument he conducted a series of interesting experiments on Stanley. It was discovered that the index-hand sometimes pointed toward the truth side of the dial. If such a thing were in use now, however, it is safe to say that the indicator would always rest at zero. My dear Mr. Editor : Can you tell me the exact number of languages that Glen has studied? An Interested Student Opinions differ on this subject, but we have heard that Glen can speak fluently every language living or dead, except Chinese. This was not taught at Johns Hopkins. He can write Choctaw and Anglo-Saxon with his feet. me$t Dfayetce V fK be town of mest Lafayette is noted for its beauty and the wealth of its inhabitants. Several hundred people, not counting ack Leary, mahe their home in this attractive place. It is separated from Lafayette by the Olabasb river and may be reached from the same by either of the two bridges. Che Iain street bridge is perhaps the more safe—that crossing from Brown street having been built hurriedly a long time ago by a man who was anjious to escape from the west side. •Che place of which we write was laid out early in the last century by j oses Cobb Stevens. Chis gentleman is still living and we hope that like the good St. 3ohn be will never die.- Rtest Lafayette is remarkable for its fine scenery and splendid buildings. In describing these it seems natural to begin with the campus of Purdue Oniversity.f Che buildings here to be seen are remarkable in every way. Che science hall and the pharmacy building are models of architectural beauty as also are the armory and the dormitory. Che main building is one of the oldest on the campus and has stood well the test of time, It is ejEtremely well ventilated and lighted. Hmong the noted buildings of the town itself may be mentioned Snoddy ' s drug store and ths Bouse of Lords. IVejt to its climate, UXest Lafayette ' s most characteristic institution is the street- car service. Chis is second to none in comfort and despatch. Che cars are fitted up luxuriously and are so swift and nnmerous ihat in good weather they pass a given point at intervals of fifty minutes. Chere is yet another institution of which the little city may be justly proud Sle refer to its police-force. Chis is so good that no one ever has the slight est fear as to his personal safety. Che students are given especial attention, and sometimes freshmen who appear nervous or alarmed are taken to the town marshall to be comforted. One great advantage of the police This comparison was considered t o rough on St. John and it is only becau ' e of the carelessness of the printer that it has been allowed to slip in. fAn institution founded by a man named Purdue, who desired to provide means of subsistence for Doctor Evans and the grass cop. JSaid to be a home for retired miii isters and others desiring to lead a quiet life. system is that the marsbaU ' s deputies wear citizens ' clothes. Cbis prevents them from being distinguished from ordinary people, such as professors of mathematics (J . B.— one Johe.) This article would not be complete were we to fail to mention the boarding-houses of Rlest Lafayette. Chese are numerous but of almost equal excellence. Hll of these chewing-houses, as they are sometimes called are furnished and provided with every lujEUry one could desire. Connected with each is a hospital where students suffering from overeating are cared for. In closing we would say that Olest J-afayette would prove a happy dwelling-place for anybody, for the rich man desirous of spending his substance, the stores and boarding-houses would prove a boon. Co the maiden lady who has grown weary flight- ing life ' s battles the ladies ' hall is always open. Co the artist, the tanh offers golden opportunities, and to the professor who wishes to draw a salary without work- ing Purdue is always accessible. Students who try them all hesitate a long time before taking their meals at any particu- lar one. Glucidation was monUuG ix cbapel : H song l3at begun 3Bii tbat worl i-enownc singer, Hbe presiOent ' s son. Hn£) tbe Jfresbmen so innocent, aSrimtuI of lore, Xoof eD on tbe rest ot us, Down from above. IRot often Do ifresbmen 6et out of tbe ranfts, IRot even b {seeping Ubeir class sign o tanfis. So nowc tbere among us Coul5 quite realise Zlbe carloa s of miscbief ITbat sbown in tbeir e es ; Uill out O ' er tbe bea s ®f tbe faculty stern, H sometbing came flying Tlbat ma e tbem all turn, Hn gase in amasement Ht wbat ba been owc ; H re an blaci? banner BiplaineD— ' IRaugbt ®ne. IRot fulli perbaps, for XEbe neit Dap, it seems, H cluster of V)iolets, Htl?ins auD IReams Mere bearD in tbe office ®f iPreii so grim, Hn tremulous voices, Biplaining to bim. 1R. p. 5. 1S9 Side Eights fyfy Goldsborough (after the superintendent of the Cincinnati Electric Lighting Plant has care- fully explained the working of a down-draft boiler); Ah, excuse me, but, ah, I believe you neglected to state that those tubes were hollow. Goldsborough (at Louisville): You see, gentlemen, these are large wooden cogs working into iron cogs driven by an engine in another part of the building. (Class had supposed they were driven by a wind-mill.) Dr. Stone: Have you got a dollar to pay for this tutor? Freshy: No, I have just got twenty-three cents. Dr. Stone; Then I would advise you to borrow it. Freshy: H ' m! Well have you got a dollar about you. Doc? R. C. Rickley; My absence was caused by my being compelled to go to the telegraph office. E. A. Le Fever: My absence was caused by a boil which was over a leader in my neck. It gave me a stiff neck. A. F. Sulzer: My absence was caused by over-sleeping. Parker Hitt: My absence was caused by headache. Cbe £emr=Box My Dear Mr. Editor ; I am a little boy from Washington. Ol and I go to school here and like it very much. Please don ' t put m any roasts about Florence and me. Yours anxiously, BERT. My Dear Letter-Box ; I am a little Indianapolis boy. I have a bicycle, several ponies and a pair of red golf-stockings. My father owns an operahouse. Yours idiotically, SPADES. My Dear Mr. Editor ; We live in a fictile world and are confronted by manifold duties. Yet in the seeming incongruities of the ever-fluctuating chaos of the actual we realize gradually the film shadow of phasis after phasis of the unfathomable ideal. Yours learnedly. KENNEDY. Dear Mr. Editor ; I would like right much to write you a nice long letter and tell you about Tiffin and the school I used to go to, but as one of the men is coming up this evening, I am afraid I won ' t have time. Don ' t you think Mr. Dill is just lovely ? Yours sweetly, A. B. Dear Letter-Box : I am a little boy from Brazil, I write to-day to ask you to announce my candidacy for president in 1900. The time has come when some public-spirited and sincere man must step forward and lead in a move- ment for changmg the money basis of the country. I believe I am the man to do it. I will insist on the free and unlimited coinage of tm at the ratio of ' steen to nothmg. This will be of especial benefit to the stu- dents. Thmk how we would profit by taking our last year ' s megaphonies to the mint and having them returned, free of charge, m the form of money. I believe in re- vising the tariff-law every three weeks, and making the income-tax so high that men of means will give all they have to the poor. I believe in free thought, free speech and free beer. Yours confidentially, CLAUDIE RIDDLE. My Dear Mr. Editor ; I am young but already remarkable for my refinement and culture. I talk in a low, sweet voice and use a as in father. Please don ' t roast Bert and me in the Debris. Yours insanely. FLORENCE. JI Cittle nonsense Row and Cben, Etc. Prof. Golden — Take any plane, and no other. ' Prof. Evans— To-day I shall discuss the subject of paralyzed light. Prof. McRae— Mr. Dill, have you read ' Alex- ander ' s Feast ' ? Jay Dill — Yes ' m. The feast was given in honor of Alexander, and Dry den was one of the guests. G. LiNDLEY — Vivacity depends on the proximity of the sterner sex. ROWNEY- little bit. - That, to a certain extent, limits it Kennedy — (After Dr. Stone has explained that the time required for the reaction is likely to vary. ) Professor, about what is the consummation of time required for the dis- integration of the molecules in that reaction? Dr. Coulter (to class) — What determines the surface run-off in any given locality? Bright Junior — The amount of rainfall. Schleicher (in Graphics) — Professor, how do you find the longest half of that line ? Dr. Evans — Such a much higher temperature. Professor (to Chambers) — Please repeat this ex- periment. You have fallen ii$ short of the theoretical. ' ' Chambers — Why, I attributed that to experimental error. ' Have I such a very attractive Miss Campbell- f ace ? ' ' Prof. Da-i-s— You have heard preachers tell such stories, but this one is true. Prof. Evans (to Meyer)— What is the formula for cane-sugar? Meyer (who has worked on sugar for three months)— It ' s c— something, I am almost sure. Prof. Evans — This is a less denser medium. Dencer (on an inspection trip)— What is this big box for, professor? Prof. MorlEY— That, my dear boy, is a work-bench. Child (as Priseler struts by in his uniform) — What an awful thing war must be, mamma ! First Junior— ' ' My hair is going to seed. ' ' Second Junior— Aw, comb off. Remark — The above is a fair sample of ' 99 wit. From the Blackboard in Dr. Stone ' s Lecture- Room — Chemicaly, seperate, discribe, contaning, des- solve, percipitation, signafy, groop, essensial, etc., etc. 194 We reprint the following gem of pure English from an editorial in the Exponent : Yet so far as was observed, there still existed a rather hazy and uncompetent realization of the import of the proposed changes, and so far as it may be capable the Exponent wishes to set forth in this issue the main belief of predjeuces which have held those having direct control and supervision of the past regime to advocate the need of a change. Prof. Burrage (to class)— The bottom of this instrument is perforated with holes. Mr. Collins at 50 Mr.Schleicher at 60 Mr Bradner at 50 Mr. Hogate: at 50 Four Members of 99 Late in Lip mere Vou Cbere? fl ' P b, tbe ipbilaletbean girls once gave a caF?e walh ; lit was most exclusive, so tbe girls all say, an5 tbe elegance anC stple of all tbe costumes Mere tbe wonDer ot tbe town tor mani a n ' Q. ®b, Mamon s big as mountains gemme tbeir fingers, BnD pearls an rubies were by tar too tame, Hn tbe infiy blacf ness ot tbeir lovely faces, put tbe arF?ies in tbe neigbborboo to sbame. Cborus: ®b, tbe sun was sbining fair along tbe Mabasb, Hn tbe ttistance bowleD tbe military banb, mbile tbe strains of ambolina Snow so tuneful lfille tbe ball witb music finest in tbe lant . Mben tbey called upon tbe ju ges to eci e it, jfor tbe life of tbem tbey foun it bar to tell, ffor tbe military master of tbe program 1ba con ucte tbe maneuvers all so well. Ibow tbe re , tbe green, tbe blue, tbe pini?, tbe yellow jflowers upon tbeir bats M barmoni3e, Hn now every one wisbeO sbe were tbe fellow, ■aben IDiss Stallar an iDiss Caull?ins tool? tbe prise. 197 (1 3 REDEEMED Sou:.— How did you get here? I thought the record- ing angel said you would have to go below. New Arrivai,— I told them I had been editor of a college annual and they decided I had had punishment enough on earth. I dreamed that I was Lord of all Hig-h up in heaven sittingf, With all the pretty girls I know, Around me in g-Iory flitting. And cakes I ate, and sugar-plums Worth many a shining ducat, And cocktails by the score I drank, And champagne by the bucket. And yet ennui vexed me sore. The place was awfully slow; Said I, If this is heaven I ' d rather go below. Then I said to the angel Gabriel, ' ' Broad wings to thee are given; Go find my Psychology, And bring it up to heaven. He flew in graceful curves away And did his mission well ; I read the book a little while. The place then seemed like hel l L . . i2iife% ' C- ' ' Cougb Cuck w A n ny Che hour was growing rather late, Che Senior still hung on the gate. Said he : ] y dear, I really hate Co part from you, but such is fate. Cheir arms entwine, they osculate ; Chen say good-bye and separate. V students are asRed to read v 1 carefully tbe pages devoted S Z to advertising. Ouradver f V tisers are courteous and re ir ¥ liable and have given sub ¥ 5 stantlal proof of tbeir friend 1 Z ship for Purdue by advertis Z V ing in tbis book ¥ f I I J J ; I f I J I fi f I J S I 5 J f «? JL X V ivi f oukr 2 fc I Vj TTT — e K U ©. Robert LJaques Sole Agent for EUGENE DEITZGEN COMPANY MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS I8J Monroe Street, Chicago, III. J49-I5I Fifth Avenue, New York Drawing matcrtdls ana Surveyind Tnstru ments NOTICE Students cannot do better than to buy their Books, Supplies, Stationery, In- struments, Calling Cards, Pictures, Frames, Sport- ing Goods, etc., at Kobm C. 3aque$ ' Book$tore«$tudent$ l ead quarters ?© main Street APRIL 2 — ' g8 takes the calendar Purdue vs. Wabash 9-6 28 — Purdue vs. Champaign 3- MAY I — Purdue vs. I. T. S., 3-2 6 — Purdue vs. I. U n-21 7 — Field Day 8 — Purdue vs. DePauw 3-8 Q — Ewrv breaks world s record for standing broad jump 18 — Field Day, Purdue vs. Champaign 19 — Military Day 20 — Ceremonies at the departure of Schenectady, No. 1 21 — State Field Day 22 — Sophmore Picnic 29 — The Faculty try to play ball g|§§P HMl| I Browne, Murphey Ca p HARRISON OR BELL TELEPHONE 191 T T ▼ T T rinters, Xitbograpbevs ... Blanft 3Boo?? IDauufacturers ... Copper plate Xllorft ... 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Russ, of Bridgeport, Conn., son of Mrs. Emma Russ, of Indianapolis, and Miss Frances Marion Segner, daughter of Mrs. Joseph Segner, were married last evening in the First Baptist church, the Rev. O. R. McKay officiating. A large and representative assemblage of people witnessed the ceremony. The bridal pair left last night for Eureka Springs, Ark., where, after a brief stay, they will go to Rov ena, S. D., where Mr. Russ has ex- tensive property Interests. - ' - r, -xiWiJ i UlUUV and Lafayette are so proud pur- chase their sup- plies for the train- ing table of Clark Bros. mest Cafayette Corner Uine and State Streets Wm. H. Maier, M.D. 14 S. Sixth Street r . 8 to 10 A. M. Office Hours ... . . 3 to 4 P. M. i 7 to 8:30 P. M. McCutcheon Gregory W. T. Dobbins TELEPHONE 287 Gregory Dobbins Fine Livery... LAFAYETTE, IND. Best Single Drivers in the City. Cotipes and broughams for weddings, theaters and parties WM. WALLACE, President J. B. WALLACE, Manager GEO. WALLACE, Secretary and Treasurer ESTABLISHED 1S64 INCORPORATED 1894 WALLACE BROS. COMPANY STEAM AND GAS FITTING Vitrified Sewer Pipe, Fire Brick, Clay, Etc. Plumbittd Si HOT WATER AND HOT AIR FURNACES 31 North Fourth St., LAFAYETTE, IISD. m Tmpomd and Domestic Perfumes « « « « Vou will find your Ta orite Perfume in our Jlssortment vU« Schultz Boswell Druggists vU 126 Main Street LAFAYETTE. IND. 15 SEPTEMBER -School o pens d the grass cop begins wo rk 16 — Jenks goes to the State Fair 17 — Sketch of Purdue in Record 21 — Athletic Association meeting 22 — Chapel seats assigned 209 COPE— M ' DOKL. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. LAFAYETTE. Ind.. Oct. 15.— This evening at 8:30 o ' clock in the Second Presbyterian Church Mi.ss Dorothy McDoel and Harold W. Cope, of Pittsburg-, were married. The Rev. John P. Hale was the officiating min- ister. The attendants were Miss Ruth Mc- Doe), maid of honor: Misses i ucretla |!oggs. Nora Eoll, .Mii . . Cope, of North Vernon; Mary E. Brown, Elizabeth M. Milspaugh Rose S. Moore, Lillian Mooro, CaroUne Fahnestoclt and Natalia Lahr bridesmaids; A. F. Harlow, of Indianapolis Schrn. f T ' .. - Kandall. Harry Schroyer. Edward Rainey, G. Hall Hamii- Ch rlerJ, ' ?, Brown. Oliver Leonard Tnd Charles and Richard Patterson, ushers. wal finerf witT ' ' ? .b tif lly decorated and The ' v ' l ' f ' . ' . ' bHd attrip ' ? ° ' ?° P ' - They left for iriu i,u r ' dal trip after which they will be at home in Pittsburg The bride ia . ; ' .-„°LP-- ' i- t McDoel ofYhe Mo ' non! y favorite here. The from Purdue In 1S98 ■ Jsifion of prominence ■ y% and has been a socieTy lavorrte hlre ° ' ¥ ' he Indh r nSL i ' ' ' • ' ■?™ Purdue in im fJ tvT attained a position of prominence In the engineering world ■meuLe Telephones: Store, 212; Residence, 213 J ' uri)iture ai Cor. Main and Second Sts. ,? ,? Lafayette, Ind. Ibarrison anD asell ttelepbone IRo. 255 1Ro. 90 fIDain Street jfancie Bakers an Confectioners OCTOBER 2 — Gaskill, Robinson and Woods stand m front of Timmies. 9 — Purdue vs. Oberhn, 6-22. II — Mrs. Hatt plays in Chapel. Rain!! i — R. O. B. S. banquet. 15— DEBRIS staff meeting. (Stairs) 16 — Purdue vs. DePauw, 8-0. 2 I — Prexy gives the Seniors their frst Chapel talk. 23 — Champaign vs. Purdue, 34-4. 27 — Great conflagration in rear of Ladies ' Hall. 29 — Pre-Medics organize. 30 — Purdue vs. I. U., 20-6. H Dialogue fK Dramatis Persons — Jerry and class in Steam-Engine. Time — 9.15 A. M. Place — Room io2, Mechanical Building. Jerry — Mr. Mueller, give the formula for the motive power of an engine. Mueller — Coal divided by fire, (iB)- Jerry — Very good — now Mr. Gemmer give us the formula for perpet- ual motion. Gemmer — Can ' t do it. Jerry — Oh yes you can — help him somebody. Mr. Baxter! Baxter — Don ' t know it. Jerry — ' ' This lack of enterprise is very reprehensible. ' ' Chorus — You didn ' t give us that for to-day. Jerry — Oh, I beg pardon, gentlemen. Well, Mr. Baxter, what ' s wrong with this indicator-card ? ' ' Baxter — • Using an inferior qualit} ' of coal. Jerry— Not quite. Mr. Gemmer ! Gemmer — Looks like the card off a Bramble rotary engine. Jerry — Well, somewhat. Can you see anything else ? Gemmer — Looks as if they might have been using nitroglycerine in the boiler instead of water. ' ' Jerry — That is not the best American practice; still it has been known to produce some wonderful results. Can no one else tell us what is the matter with this card ? Mr. Mueller ! ' ' Mueller — Looks like a crow-bar had got tangled up in the fly-wheel. NOVEMBER 3 — Morey tells how he painted the tank. (Exponent) 4 — Schenectady No. 2 arrives. 6 — Michigan 34, Purdue 4; ' 99, 10; ' 98, o; 01, 8 : igoo, o 13 — Tiger ' s claws dipped 30-12 17 — Juniors vs. Freshmen 22-0 20 — Alumni vs. ' Varsity 0-0 25 — Purdue 6, Minnesota o 30 — Grind box appears. B Dialoguc—CoNTiNUED Jerry — No, not exactly. Tippy (timidly) — Looks like the card of an engine in a cheese- f act ory. Jerry — That ' s it; very good. For your next lesson take the next one hundred and eighty-seven pages and the following problems: First. M. E. P. =765. 86, daylight cylinder oil being used. If the fire- man is red-haired, how many pounds of coal will be consumed? Negative lap. You will have no trouble with this if you remember the formula for the weight of the fly-wheel — weight over speed. Brown Sharp and several of our leading firms use it although it is strictly an empirical formula. Second. Given lap, lead and width of driving belt, find I. H. P. and height of smokestack. Remember, gentlemen, that I shall expect all the 18,661 problems I have given out to be handed in not later than to-morrow morning. That is all for to-day. ' ' Exeunt omnes singing Teacher, teacher why am I so happy, happy? at THE BIREGT LINE Indianapolis Louisville ALL SOaTHERN CITIES C i1y Ticket Office. 2.12 Clark St., Chicaqc, W.H.McDOEL, FRANKJ.REED, riM-Pre . u.ul ...•! T ' ;...,■! Pass- Ai;u,.t J. H. McCONNELL. Traveling Passenger Agent, Lafayette, Ind. 0 « DECEMBER I — General Noble speaks m Chapel. 4 — Mikado given for benefit P. A. A. Lund appli( for the office of first sergeant. 6 — Wilson and Feans go hunting. Great fears fc the latter ' s safety. 16 — Hanson sports some new whiskers. 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Call an give btm a trial BUMP OF EXTEMPORANtOy 5PEECHE5 HI3T0R.V ECONOMICS JANUARY — School opens and Doc Stone sports a new suit 1 1 — Moran, Jr. matriculates 1 — Breen, Pa 15 — Theses assigned ig — Tank at last reads ' 01 20 — The Freshmen arrested 28 — Athletic election 29 — Military appointments made J amison s Cafe and Restaurant The only first-class place in the city Lunch Counter the Best Prompt and Polite Service Catering a Specialty Clarence T. Jamison Proprietor parties, Receptions, WEDDINGS, ETC., J Catered for in and out of the city ICE CREAM. ICES and, FAMOUS SALADS shipped everywhere Geo. Weigele and Son QHRIS J ALBERER MEATS . . Lard and Sausage . . a ' nTiaVysts. West Lafayette Special Rates to Clubs and Large Consumers ©ffice Ibours : S B. m. to 5 IP. m. Ibardson ' pbone 3S7 ► 2)ettti8t Crown an Btt 9e mov 326 State Street ma. Xafa ette, Unb. Wc are always Up=to=date with fresh goods WWW ]. (parson and Co P y DRUGGISTS AND STATIONERS ??8 FEBRUARY 4 — The Hiller-Slimp wedding does not come off as advertised. 7 — Baseball team gets out for the first time, g — Schenechtady No. 2 goes on a tear. Dick Smart deserts. 12 — Visitors from the Lincoln League. 14 — Who sent Collins his violets ? Guess. 15 — Colburn comes back to the fold. 22 — Miss Meigs and Wiselogel steal a hat. W. H. Zinn for Dry Goods, Millinery, Gents ' Furnishings, Underwear, Shirts, Collars, Cuffs, etc. Goods and Styles up to date at Popular Prices Geo. T. Keiper, m. D. PBACTICt mWllO TO EYC. EAB. NOSC and TMBOAT I TO 4.30 1 0.30 TO 7. Sundays I to - Ofnct Cob, Oth and SOUThSTBtCTS UArAYtTTC.IND. 219 MARCH I — Parker mixes up with a cat ■J — Mrs. Curtis lectures on the evils of the tobacco habit — The Freshman banner is hung up in chapel 8 — The skeleton loses its head and Dr. Coulter his patience Gen. Gordon kisses Miss Stansbury II — In-door athletic contest 12 — Athalie given by the French Department Lieutenant Peterson takes charge of the Military Department 21 — Professor Hatt, papa 30 — Prof. Henley severs his connection with the University APRIL lo— The Purdue Quartet performs. 12— I c — The Annuals. 13 Senator Lund displays his white gloves, etc., at the Philaletheans. 18 — Baseball: DePauw 16; Purdue 6. ,g — The Western Railway Club meets at Purdue. 21 — Miss Stansbury goes into training for Dr. Stone ' s meet. 22 — Cuban demonstration m chapel. 23_The DEBRIS goes to press.