Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

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its present excellent condition without one single cent of debt being on it, but has also brought it to the notice of the people and has won for it many excellent friends. Manj of these are j-oung people desiring an education and next year will find them regular enrolled students of our school, these we welcome with glad hearts, others are men and women of means and their hearts have been strangely touched with sympathj ' for the many worthy 3 ' oung people who are so anxious to acquire an education, but are hindered b}- poverty-, and during this coming 3-ear man)- of them will contribute gen- erousl} ' to our school. That the desire to attend our school may be increased in the hearts of these young people, that those who have been ble.ssed with means ma}- be inspired to benevolent work, that manj- others ma}- be made our friends, we present this book. If, in reading it, you find anything in it you think of worth, treasure it up in j ' our heart and keep it. If 3 ' ou find an3fthing in it that does not full} ' meet with 3 ' our approbation, we ask 3 ' ou to carefull3- close the book and to report immediately to the Honorable Mr. Fitzsinunons, our fighting editor, who is now anxiouslv looking for some one about 3-our size.

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EDITORIAL. IT is with much pleasure that we present this, the first edition of ' ' The Gem, to the students and friends of Taylor University. While the book is limited to our own college and to our own college life and must, of necessity, be much like other college publications, yet we claim many new features for our book. Having no occasion to roast anj- of the Professors, and not having any serious objections to the general management of the school, the Senior Class has not published this book as a medium through which to give vent to low, degrading criticisms and venomous remarks, but it has been published because they desired something which they could keep as a memento of their college life, and which they might give to their friends that thej ' too might have some idea of what Taylor University is like. The committee, not believing that thej- were appointed for this work that they might have an opportunity to get even with anj ' against whom they might have some grudge, or who do not fully measure up to their idea of a perfect man, have earnestly strived to publish onlj- such things as shall be a credit to our noble class and to the College which we have chosen as our ALMA MATER. In this book will the reader find no joke that contains a stinger, no arrow that is dipped in poison, but all is pure, clean and whole- some. The history of Taylor University has been a wonderful one. Five 3-ears ago it began its existence here in Upland under the most unfavorable cir- cumstances. There were no rooms in which to hold the recitations, no dormitor} ' in which to place the students, no dining hall in which to feed them. There were less than seventy-five students, but even this small jiumber was as large as could well be accommodated. Now the building and grounds alone are valued at more than |;,i2,fKX), and the students number upwards to two hundred and fifty. As will be seen in the description of the various departments, the laboratories are well equipped, and nearlj ' all the apparatus needed for the present number of students is at hand. In addition to the school here in Upland we have what no other Methodist College in America can boast of having, nameU-, an Associate College in Japan known as The Chnizei Gakwau. This school is the largest Methodist School in Japan and last year two Japanese students in this school received the diplomas of Tajdor University, while three very promising young people will receive diplomas at the close of this school year. The future of the school is very bright. Under the management of Dr. T. C. Reade, our beloved president, the school has not onl} ' been brought to

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CORPORATION. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Rev. T. C. Reade, a. M., D. D., (Ex-officio) . . . President of University Term Expires, 1898. H. C. NEAi,, A. M Upland, Ind. Homer C. HarTman, A. M Fort Wayne, Ind. John W. PiTTEnger Upland, Ind. Anson C. Bugher Upland, Ind. George B. Jones Philadelphia, Pa. S. C. SwAl LOW, D. D Harrisburgh, Pa. G. F. Denti er Upland, Ind. Term Expires, 1899. John R. Wright, D. D Washington, D. C. Christian B. Stemen, M. D., LL.D Fort Wayne, Ind. Nathan U. Waeker, D. D Wellsville, Ohio Louis Ki opsch, Ph. D New York City Geo. W. Mooney, D. D New York City Chas. a. Foster Baltimore, Md. T. M. Smith Upland, Ind. Term Expires, 1900. O. Iv. Stout, M. D Upland, Ind. T. J. Deeren Upland, Ind. John C. White, A. M Snmmitville, Ind. B. G. Shinn Hartford City, Ind. Robert L. Dickey Baltimore, Md. Christopher Sickler Ocean Grove, N. J. T. C. Reade, D. D Upland, Ind. OFFICERS OF THE BOARD. John R. Wright President O. U. Stout Vice-President H. C. NEAE Secretary John C. White Treasurer 10