Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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• • 1904 Entrance examinations begin Tuesday, September 6, 8:30 a.m. E.xamination of Delinquents, Tuesdaj ' , September 6, 8:30 . .M. First Semester begins Wednesday, September 7, 10:00 ,- .m. Tlianksgiving Holiday, Thursday. November 24. Christmas Holidays begin Wednesday, Deceml)er 21, 4:00 p.m. 1905 Entrance Examinations begin Tuesday, September 5, 8:30 a.m. Examination of Delinquents, Tuesday, September 5, S:. a.m. First Semester begins Wednesday, September 6, 10:00 a.m. Thanksgiving Recess, Wednesday, November 22, 12:00 m. to Monday, November 27, 8:00 a.m. Christmas Holidays hc,s;-in Friday. I )eci-inlicr 22, 4:00 p.m. 1905 Christmas Holidays end Thursd.ay, January 5. 8:00 . .m. Winter course in Agriculture begins Tuesday. January 10, 8:00 . .m. First Semester ends Saturday, January 28, 12 :00 m. Second Semester begins Monday, January 30. 8:00 a.m. Entrance Examinations begin Monday, June 5. 8:30 a.m. Conunencement Day, Wednes lay, June 7, 1905. 1906 Cbrislmas Holidays end Thursday, January 3, S :(X) a.m. Winter course in Agriculture begins Tuesday. January 9, 8:00 a.m. First Semester ends Saturday, January 27, 12 :00 a.m. Second Semester begins Monday, January 29, 8:00 a.m. Entrance Examinations begin Monday. Jiuie 4, 8:30 a.m. Commencement Day, Wednesday. June A. 1906.

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t i . HIRTY vears ago the most imagina- tive would not have beheved that within three decades Purdue Univer- sity would stand as the foremost engi- neering school of the West. John Purduecalledthe institution a grow- ing High School : and Governor Hen- dricks, who in 1873 dcli -ere(l tliv first Commencement address, ventured the hope that within twenty years the graduates would number one hundred instead of one. At this time, when Purdue drew its stu lents from Tip- pecanoe county alone, and had but fifteen enrolled in the four classes, it hardly seemed possible that the time might cimie when the enrollment would jaass the fifteen hundred mark, com- l)rising students from not only every state in the Union, but from manv foreign countries as well. The M.mk Entk.wce In this steadily increasing growth, we can not fail to read the worlil ' s generous recognition of the successful work done by the Purdue Ahunni. In this sketch no attem])t is made to give the details of the origin of I ' urdue. It is niereh inlen led t(i |)resent the ups and downs of her early development when President and Trustees labored together to tide the Universitv over the dark davs of her early existence, and to picture if possi1.)le the monument of to-day which stands as an emblem of the untiring energv of men like our presidents. Emerson E. Miite and James H. Smart. In 1862. Mr. ? Iorrell with the assistance of Senator Wade, succeeded in passing an amended form of the original Land ( irant Pill which had been ve+oed bv President Buchanan in 1858. I ' , this act each state accepting the bill was entitled to 30.000 acres of land for each Senator and Representative in 13