Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Oro-anization of the Alumni (||-;m%i;ai. ass cta ' ! rresident— Willi:nri .1 mi.- ,h.i,.-, .Ir, - ' Jl, VifO-Prcsident— (irn, , S|,,t .1, !i Treasurer— William Mri:«r,i Secretarv— Ralph Br(.wn Tru. ette, Ind. These officers also constitute the Executive Committee. l.nilAL A SSI )ri ATI ON OF INDIANAPOLIS. 12, 461 Littleto Treasuri President — Albert l;ii--i I AUin. ' , ' .u. Vice-President — George William Jlirrn. ' IiT. Secretary-Treasurer — John Henry liartji ' . ' 1 cago, 111. LOCAL ASSoriATlOX or 1 President— William T. Hensley, ' 97. Vice-President— Frederick Talbot Martin, V. Secretary-Treasurer — Everett Mathew Gree Wilkinsburg. Pa. I H ' M. S(irlAT10X OF ( ' t.-idy, X.-w Y.irk. LOCAL ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK. President— Leslie Huxtable, ' 02. Vice-President — George Ernest Hackett, ' 05. Treasurer — Hugo Alexander Berthold, ' 04. Secretary— Walter Patterson Pollock, ' 0.5, 93 Nassau St., New Member of Committee-at-Large— J oseph Leopold Feibleman, LOCAL ASSOCIATION Ob ' FOET WAYNE. I ' ri ' siilent — Victor Michael Nnssbaum, ' 05. Vici-Piesident — Edward Bowser DeVilbiss, ' 08. Se.Tctarv-Trcasurer— William J. Hackett, ' U9, 1423 Wall St., Fort Wavno. Ind. LOCAL ASSOCIATION OF ST. LOUIS. President— Robert Rnos Adroon, ' 02. Vi,r-l ' r.-i,I.Tit — I. ' ..l.cvt Fvaiiklin Wisefogel, ' 95, care John O ' Brien Boiler Mi ' l --.ii 1 TliiN OF NORTHERN INDIANA. I ' rr-i.l. ni -. ,ii)r h. ' senbnry, ' 99. ' iri ' t ' I . -ih Ml l.iiii ' Wiilt ' T l eiger, ' 05. Se.Ti ' tarv Tna un-i — K.limiud . Andrew Geyer, ' 06, Coonley Drug Co., OF SEATTLK. Coeducation is a good deal like hasty pudding, rather mushy, but nourishing

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half of the balance in the treasury for a fund, the interest of which s ship USPS, .ind that the other half a used as a basis lile for scholar- iiuld be at once ■IV i.s II .srllnllir- ivhlrh IS l,,,lllr,l at Aihl pride, that imt uue eeiil has buuii lu.st .suirc the I ' uiid has beni in existence. Thus it may be seen that the Alumni Association has de- veloped a system of scholai ' shi|is. Tliii money, it may be well to explain, is loaned to di s. imiu studiiiK pn fn-ably Junioi-s and Seniors. These .schoLiishi|.s n. ihu-il ii.s of enabling men to arrnduate who wouhl oilh I ns, I. I.ii, , ,| t.i trive up We Thus far the chief concern of the executive committee has been to work up an interest in Gala Week — to bring back the old rrad. Our 1010 commencement was a record breaker. At the Pump, the Ivy, the Dorm, the Old Bell, all came in for their -shai ' e of the enthusiastic prai.se. In closiiii;. I bey to state th.it the Purdue Alumni Associa- tion is manam d sfn. tl li thi Miiiiini 111! tile Aliuiini — and that means you. l) n t li, ili n.l In tiiisi us w it h (mr name and ad- dress; don ' t till In ki.|. HI lull, h ulli Us and, furthermore, iliiii ' t f.iil til .illihih Mlli the Ideal lirancli wherever you may .suKscnptiou is onl. fifty cents. If you become a member ut local branch, you pa.v twenty-five cents to that and twent -li to the General Association, fifty cents a year any way i make it. This seems a mere trifle. But consider what it won mean if our three thousand ahunni would respond In this connection. I .should like to .state that it i-ihim ' s In In fine thing for the aluiiiiii oT ,i Im ,il l.i.ini li In in.ike up , ship, and call it Scholarship, or tln ' ' scholar.sliip ini ' jht I particular I I i- Thus far nnilmu . this means ul siil . 1911 man be the fir II 11 t 111 il III iM.li .IS the Pittsburg; I iinl s, hul i,slii|i ,„ Hli.it you will. This . 11 tu s.iiii, paitii ular man. or to .some I Electrical or ilechanical Enoineerina kind has been attempted. But I take It to voii. It ' s a fine thing. Can ' t some the field? That the graduates of the institutions may informed about matters pertainins to the Univer Assn, i.iliuii ,ssi„s ,1 bull, till .mniialh i . , |, , Wai.l.il I.. . . M IIUIIIMIIS Ullos, idilnss ,s kllnU trt hsl nl I Jtt. l.s ol IiIh I ciatiou, as well as items coneerning the doiiig.s of and general university news. lue needs The Freshmen — Come from Podunk High School if you will, but for God ' s sake forget it occasionally. — Seniors.

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Prominent Alumni - i;n|;(;K, ADK was bor at the tinst . -|- K. ' iitlaiul. Indiana. Fi-bi narv W(irk he - (i. 18titi. IIo attond. ' d tho Pa.stnr. ' .s mhlic ' schdols at KiMitland. and Know. fter pdinpletini; ' his t-iniis. ' ll.TI ' l aris ntered Purdue University. i;ra luat- dn.-rd tl . .de on thr R,.r,,rd-ll. newspaper work his literary abi into proniineni ' o by writing the .stories of attracted the attention of many of the liteiT try and a bright future was predicted foi They possessed a style and freedom known o this .same year. 1! 02. Ade published 1 Horn, Fabb ' s in Slant;.-- ■ ' Mon ' Fabb ' s ' and The (iirl Proposition. Ade had proved his ability to produce literary work and he had also shown conclusively that Artie w-as not to be his only production. Besides being cla.s.sed as an author, he gained promi- nence as a playright by jirodueing the Sultan of Sulu during ■ eareer. Following this first year-s ii; Into Society. True Bills, In irs Done Over, and People You ulu was followed by Peggy from ' liairni.-iii.- ' A year later Ade pro- ' (-ollriic Widow. During the years It of C.lleg,.. Mar.se Covington il .-ind |.la.M.,l tb.. 11.11, ir of- thr llarlcHiiin Club among the ven- best ii ' ilraiiialii- cliili.s ..T the cnunli-y, Tln ' play was also accepted with il ' :r.-;it i:i tv li - tlic ]iulilir :iMil Ii.hI a lengthy run in the many „. I.iri;v .-iths. In lHOli A.l. produ.-rd - ' The Old Town which •,s iii.iili- surh a bit with tlh ' two ' jivat i-oniedians Montgomery and 1- Stone. Ade ha.s done greater woi ' k with his comedies than his 1-. literary work, btit neverthele.ss his stories will never be forgotten. e Ade became a member of the Board of Trustees of Purdue ic I ' niversity in 1908 which position he holds at the present time. rl He has jii-ovi ' d to be a most loyal alumnus of Purdue and has always been inti ' ivsted in the welfare of the Univer.sity. In the early part of 1910 he presented the Univei-sity with a huge silk American flag which he had purchased on a trip abroad. Ade is, without a doubt, the most prominent alimmus who has ever been graduated from Purdue. Automobul. — Dc