Trine University - Modulus Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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History A Ijitlf centnry ago, on ibtly 25, 1883, a group of prominent ritizena of Angola mot In ttjo borne of tljo late Sr ?- S Hloob for tlye purpoae of organisms a normal aclyool In ttjo fount At that time Angola bab no pauementa nor rement walka ®l)o only afreet ligbta were ancli orraaional oil lampa aa were erecteb anti main¬ tain by priuate citizena ©l)o only meana of tranaportation uiaa tl)o tyorao brawn uotyirlo, anb wooben rarka, to uityirty tbe boraea were l itcl ob, lineb tl o aquare Cb toum uiaa muclj amaller than noui, anb tbe preaent rampna uiaa bnt a woobeb knoll Jn 1883 Ctyoator A Arthur uiaa Preaibent of tbe tlniteb §tatea, uil ilo iiPranklin S ISooaeuelt uiaa an infant in tyia motber’a arms; ©Ijomaa Sbiaon tyab fnat gotten fairly atarteb on tyia groat raroor, while Sfenry iflorb uiaa a humble merhan- ic, fnat beginning to tinker with internal com¬ bustion enginea ©l|ere were no eleetrie ligbta, no rabio, no antomobilea, no atork tiekera, no filing eaaea, or bictapljonea, anb teleptyonea were atill a great rnrioaity Hn fart, many of the tbinga now eonaibereb neeeaaary were not euen known 3firom the atanbpoint of ebneation, tbe gram¬ mar aetyool waa ttye common aclyool of tty country iyigh actynol work waa offereb by aca- bemiea, anb teadyera in the Central Meat were traineb, moatly, in amall priuately owneb nor¬ mal acboola.

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itfnrptanr JMItlj peu aub picture, tfje ebitora of tfils uolunte Ijaue mabe It ttyeir purpose to so portrap tlye past aub preseut of ® i-§tate tljat, mtyeu ttye sljabes of eueulug close about us, uie map pass tljrougty its pages aub flub lu tljem memories of a time uityeu poutlj aub tyappluess smileb upou us. tfle leaue ttye begree of ottr success to pou - - tlye reabers. Page 6

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Jt waa at a turn like tljia tljat ©ri-§tate ram? into being. Wtlj pledgee nf $2,000 on Ijand, tlje trnateea pnrcljaaed a aix-aere tract nf land In tlje anntlj- uicatcrn part of town, ©wo bnildhtga were Im¬ mediately erected; tlje old college bnilding, now neenpied by tlje cljnol nf Commerce, and a tljree atory dormatory and boarding ljall, wljiclj waa deatroyed by fire in 1880. ©n ilnne 17, 1884, tlje college bnildinga were formal ly dedicated and tlje acljool opened witlj abnnt forty atndenta nnder tlje preaidency of C. IE. Kercljy. At tlje cloae nf tlje firat year Preaident IKereljy retired, and tlje trnateea elected aa preaident C. iU5. §niff. IBnring tlje tljirty-aeuen yeara wljiclj Ije aerued Ije pnt into the acljnnl ao mnelj of Ijia great apirit and aonl tljat it atill fjnuera ouer tlje inetitntinn aa an inapiration to tljnae wljo Ijaue been called npon to carry on. Ifn Ijia nndertaking Ije waa ably aaaiated by Iryia wife; alao Ijia friend and co-worker, tlje late honorable SInnia US. Fairfield, for many yeara uice-preaident nf tlje arljool. Hjow well and wiaely tljey bnilt ia eoidenced by tlje preaent atanding of tlje nniqne arljnol, well and faunr- ably known at Ijome and abroad. After tlje deatlj nf Preaident §niff in 1922, IE. IB. SCong waa called to aaanme tlje preaidency. Page 8