Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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‘ W9 Debris Board of Trustees Walter Breaks Crawfordsville Franklin F. Chandler-----------------------------Indianapolis John A. Hillenbrand Batescille Cyrus M. Hobbs Bridgeport JOHN ISENBARGER------------------------------North Manchester JAMES W. Noei Indianapolis Joseph D. Oliver---------------------------------South Bend Andrew E. Reynolds Ccaivfocdsville William V. Stuart Lafayette . PURDUE UNIVERSITY Pao Twcxtt

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W9 T)EBRis JOHN IM KDl E Founder of Purdue I niversity JOHN PURDUE was a pioneer with a vision beyond his times, Racking education save in the proverbial school of experience, he valued it far beyond the estimates of his day and sought, according to his means, to provide the opportunity for it which he believed would lx so imjK rtant to later generations. His sturdy figure herewith presented is typical of that self-reliance and courageous faith in the future which the founders oi great enterprises ])o.ssess. The importance of his act was not so much in the money value of his gift as in the idea which lie sought to embody in the University which bears his name. On us who follow him and profit so greatly by his far-seeing generosity, rests the responsibility of carrying on his plan. The educational thought of the nation is just now seeing the vision John Purdue had nearly half a century ago, the vision of the service to democracy which the technical schools of America may render. He shared this vision with the others of that small group of pioneers and prophets whose labors made | os-siblc our country's unsurpassed system of technical education. What we have from John Purdue is more than a name. It is a potent idea. It is that true spirit of education which offers opportunity to prejwrc for useful service to one’s fcllowmcn: which seeks, not selfish advantage, but the welfare of the race. This is the Purdue ideal: the central purpose of the University. It was a splendid deed for John Purdue to found a great institution where this idea could be worked out. It is a high privilege which we enjoy to carry this idea to further development. For us to do otherwise would ! c disloyalty, not only to the idea, hut to the spirit of the age. Who hears the name of Purdue should l c true to his splendid purpose and exemplify the self-reliance, the faith and the devotion of the Founder of the University. PURDUE vr UNIVERSITY I’AllK XfXrTKKX

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1919 T)ebris Officers of dniinislration Winthrop Ellsworth Stone. Ph. D.. LL. D.. President of the University. Stanley Coulter. Ph. D.. LL. D.. Secretary of the Faculty. Dean of the School of Science. Charles Henry Benjamin. M. E.. D. Eng.. Dean of the Schools of Engineering. Director of the Engineering Experiment Station. John Harrison Skinner. B. S.. Dean of the School of Agriculture. George Irving Christie. B. S. A.. Superintendent of Agricultural Extension. Charles Goodrich Woodbury. M. S.. Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station. William Murray Hepburn. A. M.. B. L. Si. Librarian of the University. Ralph Bushnell Stone. A. M.. Registrar of the University. Edward Augustus Ellsworth. Bursar of the University. Sherman Roberts Clark. Purchasing Agent of the University. . PURDUE UNIVERSITY -