Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Prominent Alumni--Continued FKEDERU ' K l-AII. ANDKKSOX was boru February 10, 1867. at South Beud. ludiiiiin. llr iji.iilu.ited as an honor student from the Soutli Bend Ilinh Sclioul 111 M;iy is.s:.. In the fall of 1886 he entered Purdue Uni- versity and w.is L:i;idu;it.(l. ls:iii. witli the degree B.M.E. lie was assistant from 18i)(i-ls:il iiiiilri- I ' lof. V. !• ' . M. (iiiss in the Experimental Engineering Laboratiirv at ruidii. ' , whieh had .just been established. In June of 1891 he was cli ' cted I ' mfHssor of Mechanical Engineering, State University nf Kni- tueky. and a year later was made Dean of the same department. In ' M ' Ander.son was made Director of the College of Mechanical and Eli ' ctrifal Engineering. Besides being Director (jf tlu ' Cnllege of Mechanical and f li ' c- trieal Engineering, he holds the ehaii ' of .Mcchaiiieal Engineering, special field work in steam engineering. In ISill Ander.son mani. .1 .loscplnnr Kislhi-. ,,f S,,nth l!.-nd. ln liana. lie has Iw.i rhildren. Virginia, a-e .seventeen, and Taul. ai;v thirte.Mi. . iiders.m is a nienilier of: Sigma Chi and Tau Beta Pi f raternitie.s ; American Society lit Meehanical Engineers: Royal Society of Arts, American Association tor the Advaiieeiiient nf Seii ' uce: Society for the Promotion of Engineerin Kdu- Lonis Exposition. PHi Railway. In ls;i4 tlie Co-eds — A menacing calamity, increasing yearly. — Wayne. 22

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Prominent Alumni--Continued r H ' :NliV 1,. noLLEV was born .strate that potato scab is a parasitic di.sea.se. and during the year .r Kii.jlisli i.aivnta.jv in Man- 1S!)1 perfected the corrosive sublimate treatment for that dis- L. 1 •li.-sliT ' l ' o nslii[.. i ' .Mi-hoi-n .-as.-. Since his first important research work he has done a large n r ani..unt of work with smuts, flax wilt, flax cancer, flax bole dis- sir rn„i ■on,-l,-. ' n v.MPs of a-e he at- eas.w and other di.seases of flax. j| ;::::: II,. ' .•,.nni,..n s,-h..ols on the Durin.4- the years 190-4-1910 he perfected th,- d.-monstration ..f .-.•real si.-k soils, pr.n ' in ' j that large areas of .soils previously Kl AlVn ai-.l h. ' sp.-nt luni- years in siip].os.-.l t.. 1 li.-iiii.-all. - worn out for the cropping of wheat, WlM| ' th niih.n srh....ls ,,f East Alielii- ,.ats, aii.i l.ai-h-y w.-i-,- i-.-ally .inly infested by a number of cereal iHP ' ' ' ' ' Inrnn; this .sirly lij-.-. whi.-li pr...ln.-iii- .lis.-.-is.-s iiii-ln.lin - TI.-hninthosi)orinni, Fusarium, . ' .1 ,.n 111. ' l;i|-iii. his ...hi li..in-s Ma.-rosp,)i-nnji .-in.l a nniiil..-i- ..f olh.-i- fnieji pr.- -i..iisly supposed W.-IV , .■V..I. ' ,] 1.. hniitin- aii.l li.sli- t.. 1..- ni.-i-.-ly Sa|.r..|.h. t.-s. Il..||.-y als.i i,i-..v.-.l th.- i-olLStancy of Bolley ' - ■ .1 h.-i-.- that h.v.- r..r natmv .-.-i-tain lia.-t.-ri,il kin.ls in lli.- n..riiial udder of the milch cow; l-or-.|..,.i-s, win.-h has uivativ a fai-t at that tiin.- i-.int i-a.li.-t..i-. to the general scientific belief. illHu.-nccl Ills rni r. W,-1S ,|,- vln|,r k r ..ll.-y lias wi-ilt.-n an.l piil.l ish.-.l a large number of bulletins I5oll,.y lii-sl rnlnv.l ihr |,iv|ri ■at..i-v .l. ' i.artiii.Mit ,.f rnr.lu. ' and i-.-ii..i-ts ..nllinnm th.- th.-.ii-. and principles of the above ami on tlir . -01111. Irl luii ,.f ilus wm-k .•nt.-r. ' .l til.. S.-ho,,l ,,f S.-i. ' n.v naiii.-.l plant .lis.-a.s.-s. aks.. reports i.ssn.-.l l.y the North Dakota and was -raduatr,! ni Isss, It w; s .liiriii- ' Ins .jnnior year that K p.-iim. ' iit Stati Ill .s 1 disinr.-.-tion, r.-.sults in plant breed- he became iiitere.stiMl in thr |iIi .m .h.-.y ..r life aetion of j.lants in-, .l,-iii.,nsti-..ti f .soil sickness, etc. He is a Fellow of the and animals and tlicii- ivIalKiii.ship liiinip liis junior and senior Aiii.-ri.-an , .- ...■lal 1..11 for the Advancement of Science, American yeare he was a studeid assistinil 1 Ih. ' Sehool of Science. Th.- l ' h. t.ipath..loi;, - S.i.-iety, American Society of Agronomy and year following his graduation h.- was assistant iu Physics and many other scientific .societies. He is a member of various masonic Biology and was given the di-ivr r Masl.-r of Science. He was hollies and has always been interested in sports of all kinds. also made assistant, botanist ot tli. In. liana Experiment Stati.m. Bolley i.s at present Dean of the Division of Biology, North In ( tnll,T, 1S!III. li.illry .irr, j.l.-.l th.- p..siti..n as li.itani.st Dakota .V-i-ieultural College; Botanist and Plant Pathologist of and zooloi;ist df the Xmlli Dak . .la . -.;i-i.-nltiii-a] ( ' ..II.--.- an.l Ex- th.- .K-n.-nltural Experiment Station, North Dakota; and the periment Station, sincr winch tini. h.- has tried to jnake botany State Seed Commi.ssion. of use to all peoi.lr. While at I ' nr In.- he was the tir.st to demon- The rankest compound of villainous smell that ever offended nostril. — Freshmen Parade.

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Prominent Alumni-Continued MR. JAMES W. NOWEL. mu- (if thf must proniiiii ' iit nienibei-s of the liiir at Indianapolis, was graduated from Purdue in the class of ' 92. Since his graduation he has become prominent in political and social lilV. .Mr. Xiiwel was born at Melmore, Seneca County, Ohio, November 24, istu. Ills I Ki rents were of sturdy pioneer stock whose ancestry was traceable ti llir tiiiir iif William the Conqueror. His early education was received in St.ii- City, liii.liana. At the age of sixteen he began teaching in Pulaski County. Indiana, and followed this profession for about six years, tlirnhy .m ruing enough money to put himself through college. In 1889 he entiiv.l I ' nnliic and graduated as a member of the class of 1892, receiving the degiv,- ..f liai lh-l,ir of Science. As an undergraduate he won a high reputation and gained the ap- proval of the faculty of the University and the admiration of his fellow students. He w-as manager of the football and baseball teams, editor of the K.xpoiirnt and the Debris and the orator of his class and literary society; also a iiii-iiilic ' i- iif the Sigma Nu Fraternity. After graduation he remained at Purdue as Secretary to the President. In 1895 he was graduated from the Indiana Law School, taking the degree of LL.B. He gained much success in the law business, building up a large and important practice in a short time. In 1898 he was elected from Marion County as representativi ' to the lower house of the Indiana Legislature. During his subsequent politicil life lir was the author and promoter of many plans of economic and civic impoi tam-r. At lin..sent he is an active member of the Indiana Conimi.ssidii un I ' nifnnu Laws, and of the Anienean Bar A.ss.i.-iation and liit ' inatinn.il Tax A.s.s,,eiatinii. Where you buy a friend you have to pay him his price to keep him. — College Politician.