Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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History of Purdue University aft of congress, passed July 2, 1SC2, Purdue ty was organized. This act provided land liurpose of aidlns in the maintenance of col- the several States, for the purpose of in- 1 in Agriculture and Mechanical Arts, with- ut excluding scientific or classical branches, and in- hiding Military Science. By an act, approved March 6, ISGo, the State of under obligation to the United States by accepting and claiming the benefits of the above mentioned act of July 2, 1S62, and agreed to comply with all conditions and provisions named therein. John Purdue and other prominent citizens of Tippecanoe county as- sured the location of the University at Lafayette by their liberal offers of land and money. John Purdue gave $150,000 and 100 acres of land, while 130 acres of land and $80,000 more were subscribed by others. Through the provisions of the Hatch, Morrill, Adams and Nelson acts, Purdue receives annually $09,000 besides the legislative appropriations from the general government, and has non-productive property in land, buildings and equipment to the amount of $1,253,000. Instruction was first begun at Purdue in 1874, and the first class, con- sisting of one man, was graduated in 1S75, Since that time the develop- ment of the institution has been remarkably great and the stu- dent enrollment has increased from one to nearly 2,000, while the instructional corps has increased from six to nearly 200. Since its foundation the following presidents have directed the affairs of the university in a careful and conscientious manner: Richard Owen 1872-1874 Abraham C. Shortridge . .1874-1875 Emerson K. White 1875-1883 Richard Owen guided the university very carefully through its first two years. At this time there were only three courses — Science, Engineer- ing and Agriculture, the engineering course being a general one at that time and all work was done in what is now the Pharmacy building. During the next year under the direction of Abraham Shortridge, six buildings were finished on the campus, two members added to the institutional corps and the enrollment increased front one to sixty-four. During the following eight years, under the leadership of Emerson E. White, the university developed quite rapidly, due possibly to the introduction of military science. The courses were systematized, University hall and the Agricultural building were completed. The faculty numbered twenty and the enrollment 254. For the seventeen years following 1SS3 James H. Smart occupied the presidency and great things were accomplished. At this time the Pharmacy course was added and the Junior Preparatory course abolished, shops were erected, schools of Civil, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering were established and the Experiment Station was built with an annual ap- propriation of $15,000, besides a general appropriation by the legislature. It was during this period that the new Mechanical building, which had just been completed, was burned and the present one erected. During the past ten years President Stone has guided the university successfully and has seen the completion of the new Experiment Station, Fowler Hall, Control Power Plant, Physics building. Civil building, Me- morial Gymnasium, and last, but not least, the new and extensive shops which will still further increase the efficiency of the university as an edu- cational institution.