Trine University - Modulus Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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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

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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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Upon Ijis resignation in 1927, C. C. §ljerrard, for many years ilfead of tlje department of Chemistry, luas elected to sncceed l)im. fin fffareh, 1932, f!5r. §ljerrard retired anti mas elected President Emeritns, anti B. ( . Hiehons, dean of the §ctjool of Entgneering, was chosen President to snereeti tjim. ifrom time to time throughout ttye setyool’s history uarions tiepartments were atitieti, nntil courses were offereti in commerce, mitsic, liber¬ al arts, philosophy, science, fine arts, law, pharmacy, anti engineering. fJlore anti more ttye school specialised in technical work, fin 1927 a reorganisation was effected; the commercial Department was re¬ organised anti deueloped into a strong anti modern §etyool of Commerce, anti ttye §rlyool of Engineering was strengthened and the nnmber of ronrses increased, 2£y the end of 1928 all de¬ partments bnt the two had been discontinned. throughout these many years the school has carried on. financial problems haue at times tested the faith and ronrage of the men who were making the school possible, fit was only becanse of their sacrifices and self-denial that the school liued, bnt they rejoiced in their pouerty, that they had been giuen the oppor- tnnity of seruing the euer-increasing nnmber of yonng men and women they were training for life.