Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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tract, special men work on it exclusively, so that its machinery of publication, appearance and scope bear comparison with a metropolitan daily. The Purdue Agriculturist is another journalistic creation which has appeared in the current year. The paper is a product of the Purdue Agricultural Society, and is distinctly a student enterprise, treating farm interests. It is issued regularly at the end of each month. As a dissemination of scientific knowledge to the farmers of the State, as obtained from the Agricultural Department and the Experiment Station, it adequately fulfills its purport. The attendance during the past year has been the largest in the history of the university. During the first semester 1889 were enrolled, of which 1661 followed their respective curricu- tums at the Lafayette Schools, and 228 at the Medical School at Indianapolis. This is exclusive of the enrollment of the winter course, which, as we go to press, promises to reach the 2C0 mark. A subdivision of the above gives 426 mechanical engineers, 405 civil engineers, 458 electrical engineers, 105 agri- culturists, 84 scientists, 31 specials, and 49 graduates. With an ever increasing attendance, which has been the record for the last decade, it is highly necessary that the ma- terial equipment of the university keep pace, and it is hoped that the end of the next school year will see the completion of the Memorial Building, New Shops and an addition to the Me- chanical Laboratories. On June 6, 1906, the class of ' 06 was graduated, at which time 215 Bachelor ' s Degrees were granted, distributed among the various schools as follows: Tn Science, 17; in Agriculture, 6; in Mechanical Engineering. 72; in Civil Engineering, 45; in Electrical Engineering, 75. Also a degree of Doctor of Medi- cine was conferred upon 122 men at their graduation in Fowler Hall, May fifteenth. In the Pharmacy Department at commencement. March twenty-eight, 34 Ph. G. degrees were granted. Advanced degrees were conferred as follows: In Electrical Engineering, 4; in Mechanical Engineering, 5; in Civil Engin- eering, 2; in Science, 1. Sfe J

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ana has been deposited with the university by the American Street and [nterurban Railway Association, and will l e mounted for test work in litis laboratory. I hi January 22 a lire broke out in the west telephone labora- tory, and considerable damage was done to the interior of the building by tire and water. The damage has been repaired, howevi r, and the work of the department has been affected but slightly by the disaster. At the beginning of the school year the department of Civil Engineering, with their occupation of the new Civil Building, came into possession of a home worthy of its importance. Dr. W. K. Hatt. the bead of that school, and also the head of the timber testing station of the Bureau of Forestry, United States Department of Agriculture, has quickly placed the civil engin- eering school in the front rank of similar schools throughout the country. The Strength of Materials course at the univer- sity has been assimilated bv that school. of progress, has been the creation of the Alumni Department. Miss Ethel Spalding, of the class of 1905, has been employed by the university to act as Alumni secretary and has been at work at her desk in the Registrar ' s office since the first of Sep- tember. Her appointment came in response to a need that has been felt for some time by the alumni and faculty for a central employment bureau and an organization which should look after the interests of the graduates of the university. The con- stant growth of both the university and the alumni has reached a point where the whole time of the secretary can be given to this work, and it will probably increase largely in the future. The first task of the new secretary is to make accurate and accessible records concerning university graduates in order to be able to give information concerning them and to assist them in keeping in touch with the university and with themselves. A post-card canvass for addresses has met with a general re- sponse, although the addresses of some of the graduates are still unknown. It is proposed to publish an Alumni Catalog for dis- tribution as soon as the list can be made fairly complete. With the gift b George Ade to the Memorial Building on last commencement day, the erection of a suitable monument to those members of the football team who lost their lives near Indianapolis, October 31, 1903, was assured. The subscription of $50,000 was complete, and the gift of $25,000 additional, pledged by the trustees of the university, was secured. During the past year the exact nature of the Memorial has been decided upon. It is to be a building suitable for physical, social and moral recreation. Plans and suggestions have been submitted, and finall) Messrs. Wing McHouren, of Fort Wayne, have been selected as architects. Whether a $75,000 or a $150,000 Memorial is chosen depends upon the philanthropy of the friends of old Purdue. Among the events less, perhaps, in material increase, but for a powerful good in advancing the university along the road A calendar of the year would not be complete without the chronology of the year ' s progress along the lines of journalism. The Exponent, for five years a monthly, and for twelve years a weekly, was changed at the beginning of the school year to a daily, through the energies of the ' 07 class and the co-operation of the faculty and the student body. It now appears regularly six days of the week. The first paper came out on the morning of October second. In tone, aggressiveness and business enter- prise the paper has been a surprise to everyone. It ranks easily among the best college dailies of the West and this in the first year of its existence. To F. E. Lister. Editor-in-Chief, and A. A. Keith. Business Manager, is due the honor of making the Exponent a live factor in the university and intercollegiate life. The six issues a week are bandied by three editors who arc responsible for two issues each. The paper has its own offices in the city, and while the press-work is handled under a con-

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OPPOSED BOARD OF TRUSTEES James M. Barrett, Fort Wayne. I )avid E. Beem, Spencer. Charles Downing, Greenfield. Addison C. Harris, Indianapolis. Sylvester Johnson, Irvington. Charles Major, Shelbyville. Henry A. Miller. Montmorenc Joseph B. ( diver, South I William V. Stnart. I OFFICERS OF THE BOARD William V. Stnart. President. 1 tavid E. Beem, ice President. Edward A. Ellsworth, Secretary. lames M. Fowler, Treasurer. OFFICERS OF THE FACULTY Wmthrop Ellsworth Stone, Ph. D., President of the Uni Stanley Coulter, I ' ll. D., Secretary of the Faculty. Alfred Monroe Kenyon, A. M., Registrar. Edward A. Ellsworth, Bursar. William Murray Hepburn, A. M.. Librarian. 18