Valparaiso University - Beacon / Record Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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fiiffa R E C o R D if I Ili A Brief History Valparaiso University was founded September 16, 1873,by Henry Baker Brown, who was presi- dent of the institution until his death forty-four years later. President Brown's purpose was to found a school in which the student would be judged by his efforts to better himself. Origi- nally the buildings were comprised of one edifice occupied by a Methodist college until 1870. The University opened in 1873 as the Northern Indiana Normal School with three instructors and thirty-five students. The Northern Indiana Nor- mal School grew and in 1881 Oliver Perry Kin- sey joined the founder and was given the duties of the vice president. The ability of Mr. Kin- sey combined with that of President Brown made the school one of the greatest agents of good in the United States. Now the alumni num- ber some one hundred and twenty-iive thousand men and women in all the countries of the world. r I gfmig 1925 .E -.....1.........--1

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