Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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An Historical Sketch of Purdue University tlU ' liavi .ln.-,.,l 1, Mir.-i.suiv into Cun- F„un,|.-,lin„ r, ■ IMsIlt iilioii.s for instruction ted I ' lir.lue. 1, Is. T r lull was passed but The 111. .si I- ' .. 11 ■ y.-.irs later he pre- veai ' s has I.e.- tor Justin S. Morrill was one of the most ■eing men of liis time. He saw that the qie of classical eolleae. then so ijrevalent. grass to provide for the endowmei in agriculture and the meehanica was vetoed by President Buehaii seuted his bill again, with some iimililiratii ' iis, ami this time it was passed and signed by President Ijinenlu. This Aet (if 1862 is the fuiidaiii. ' utal statute for all --Jjand (irant Colleges and is line 111 ' the must important measures in the history of education. I ' unliie. like most institutions of learning, bad a .strenuous struggle for existence in her early days. It was not until the coming of President Smart, iu 1883. that real and substantial progress was made. President Smart was at the head of tln ' institution for seventeen years and practically gave up his life for the University. He labored incessantly and got others t labor for her advancement. Broken in health he died in 1;k)(I. ihlings and instructional force all of the time. While the re- iiation have been steadily rai.sed, isiiej ' . Thr pi-e.sent high .standard liy I lie liu.stees of the Carm-jie I III ' Teaching when they adiiiit- lelils nf the Foundation. eiit ill the University in recent .Vuriculture and in the Depart- . recent appropriation made by • still greater progress po.ssible •il aliuii; technical lines she has aile. The academic courees are ■ililies fill- general cultm ' e about iir iiiiiiirriius. The new Library (eaieial .Vssembly -ill be a fine I anil u-ill iliiulitless serve as tlie III- life u|- llle riliviTsitV. The Registrar ' s Office — See General Sherman ' s definition of War.