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"We have not waited too long to establish this memorial, because the longer we wait, the bigger and grand- er it must be."
In the great war for world democ- racy, college men were found in every line, every trench, every outfit in the terrible struggles-many were offi- cers of highest rank, and a great por- tion of the great armies of the na- tions who were victorious were offi- cered chiefly by men who had been athletes in their civilian youth, while the rank and file was well filled with college men, who took their hardship and shared the trials of the enlisted
men with equal fervor along with their brothers from the industrial walks of our nation's great citizenship -all served with credit and honor, none was seen to waver in the face of duty.
"Shall we now waver when the call is issued to pay our debt of gratitude to those men who gave their todays for our tomorrows ?" said Mr. Alexan- der, in touching again upon the sub- ject. "I think not!
Call Is Clear and Loud.
"This call today is loud and clear, to you and to me, to do everything we can for this great cause, to say all we can for its success; to write every- thing we can in its behalf, and by sacrifice and affection, give every- thing we can, in order to show our respect for our heroes, and give In- diana a strategic position among the great universities of the land."
DR. WILLIAM LOWE BRYAN FIRST MONROE COUNTY MAN TO BECOME PRESIDENT OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY
History of Executive Heads of State Educational Institution-Andrew Wylie
First President of Indiana College, Later University-How River Jordan Got Name-Joseph Swain in College 41 Years, First Indiana Graduate To Become President.
After tracing, through the years of struggle, the years of hope and fi- nal prosperity of the life of Indiana University, it is easy for one to see that wonderful bond of sympathy, of kindred feeling which existed since the earliest settlement, between the citizens of Bloomington and Monroe County and the great institution
here. It is a feeling to be proud of, indeed.
President Wylie Is First.
President Andrew Wylie, D. D., who came to Bloomington as first President of the Indiana College, in the fall of 1828, was also made first president of Indiana University when the conversion of the old college took
place, and continued to serve as Presi- dent of Indiana University to the time of his death in 1851.
After the death of President An- drew Wylie, for two years following Theophilus A. Wylie, Daniel Reed and Alfred Ryors acted as president of Indiana University.
William M. Daily was appointed as President of the University in 1853, and continued to serve in this posi- tion until 1858, when, owing to trouble which seems to have come up, he re- signed from the honorable position.
President Nutt Appointed.
After the resignation of President Daily, in 1858, Theophilus A. Wylie again acted as president for a year, and was followed by John H. Lath- rop, who served for a year, or until 1860, when Cyrus Nutt was appoint- ed president of Indiana University.
Cyrus Nutt served as president of the institution from 1860 until 1875, fifteen years in all.
In 1875, Lemuel Moss, D. D., LL. D., was chosen president of Indiana University, and it was under his con- trol that the school was enabled to become situated on the present site, in 1883.
In 1884, President Moss, resigned from that position, and David Starr Jordan, LL. D., was elected as the seventh President of Indiana Univer- sity, and served until 1891 in that position.
"The River Jordan" Named.
In an address given at the Centen- nial celebration of Indiana Univer- sity, Ex-President Jordan told the following little story:
"The growth of the University makes me feel that my place is back among the early founders, not far from the days in which one professor and one president compiled the fac- ulty.
"In those days the president and
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the professor once met on a foot-log which crossed the stream on the main street of the town (Bloomington). Neither would budge, and the presi- dent elbowed the professor into the brook.
"And, speaking of the brook, I once reminded the Board of Trustees that they need name no building for me; I asked only that this brook, coming through what was then the 'new campus,' should be called the River Jordan. And it was done, but they did still better, for the meadow across the brook they named Jordan Field.
In 1891, upon the resignation of Dr. Jordan, his friend and co-worker in Indiana University, was elected to fill the position of this great man. Dr. John Merle Coulter, was elected president and served well in that ca- pacity, receiving much help from the state legislature in the next years, but resigned to take upon himself the presidentcy of Lake Forest.
First I. U. Man President.
Joseph Swain, who was in Indiana University for forty-one years, as student, teacher and President, was elected to that honorable position, which he held until 1902. He was really the first son of Indiana to have this honor.
In 1902, when Joseph Swain left the University there were 334 stu- dents enrolled for attendance at class- es in the institution of Higher learn- ing.
President Bryan Is Greatest.
Then it was that Monroe County came to the front with one of the greatest men that has been elected to the honorable position of President of Indiana University.
The faculty, the student body, the alumni, the board of trustees and Citi-
William Lowe Bryan, President, Indiana University.
zens of the State of Indiana, Bloom- ington, and old Monroe county, all turned to Dr. William Lowe Bryan, much as the Children of Isreal turned to Moses for guidance.
Dr. Bryan was elected President of
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This building was used about 1840 as a labratory for Indiana Col- lege students.
Indiana University in 1902, and through his wonderful ability to gather about him an educational or- ganization second to none, he has been enabled to harmoniously conduct the affairs of the college through the most successful years the institution has known.
It is chiefly to his ability that the efficient faculty has been asembled, which is a factor in the growth of the school from an enrollment of 334 stu- dents in 1902 to probably 4,000 stu- dents in the present semester of 1922, and to him the institution owes its progress. May he long continue to live and prosper, that future genera- tions may prosper through his great, efforts. He was 61 years of age, November 11, 1921.
For More Detailed History. For more detailed and later his- tory of Indiana University we would advise the reader to procure a copy
of "Indiana University, 1820-1920, Centennial Memorial Volume" from Secretary John W. Cravens, of Indi- ana University, or procure the use of same through the local public library. The book is interesting and of high educational character for older peo- ple as well as the coming genera- tions.
1921 Record.
A total of nearly 2,400 students had registered at Indiana University for the fall semester, 2,122 of whom en- rolled the first day, the best first day's enrollment in the history of the institution. For the first time in years, more men have signed up than women.
A total of 1,167 men and 955 women enrolled.
It is more than likely that this will be the University's greatest year in point of attendance.
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"KIRKWOOD'S LAWS" BROUGHT FAME TO I.U. AND TOWN IN BEING HOME OF THE AUTHOR
"When I die, I want to go where Professor Kirkwood goes," was the simple eulogy of one of the admirers of Daniel Kirkwood, for whom one of Bloomington's main streets was
named, as was one of the substantial buildings situated on Indiana Univer- sity's campus, in honor of the great gift this man made to science.
One writer, in 1883, in commenting
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upon the sentiment expressed in this statement of an admirer, said:
"Watever may be said of this sen- timent, certain it is that during fifty years as a teacher, Professor Kirk- wood has gained from his students such universal contributions of love and admiration as few men enjoy; and, while as a mathematician, he has made many valuable contributions to science, as a genial, temperate, and genuine man, he has solved the prob- lem of gracefully growing old.
Came to Indiana in 1856.
Prof. Daniel Kirkwood accepted the Chair of Mathematics in Indiana Uni- versity in the latter part of 1856, and held the same position in Washington and Jefferson College (Pennsylvania) in 1866 and 1867, but was recalled to his former place in Indiana Uni- versity.
The great things that this man did for the betterment of the human race can scarcely be appreciated by the or- dinary individual who is not directiy interested in scientific matters, but we can in a slight sense, give an idea of his greatness in the scientific world bv setting forth in our simple language what we are able to under- stand.
The scientific world first took notice of Professor Kirkwood in 1849 through the publication of his analogy between the periods of the rotations of the primary planets. The law which he announced became known as Kirkwood's Law, was generally re- garded as a discovery of much im- portance in supporting the nebular hypothesis, and received much inter- est at this time. This law pertains to the revolution of the planets on their axis. When only about fifty
asteroids were known in the solar sys- tem, Professor Kirkwood, it seems, conceived the notion that in those spaces where simple commensurabil- ity with Jupiter occurs, there must be gaps in the asteroid zone. It was then, however only a theory, as the number of asteroids sufficient for its verification were not known. We find that the scientific world immediately accepted this theory, and Mr. Proctor, an eminent astronomer of his day, wrote in 1870, concerning this theory: "We may assume that when many more asteroids have been discovered, the law * * * will appear more dis- tinctly."
Professor Kirkwood was the first to show that the divisions of Saturn's rings are due to the same cause as the gaps in the zone of asteroids.
Daniel Kirkwood, while not a native of Indiana, was one of the men to whom we can proudly point as one of our great citizens, as he became a part of Bloomington when he first took his place in Indiana University. He was of Scotch-Irish descent, his grandfather coming from Ireland in 1771, and settling in Delaware. His parents, John and Agnes (Hope) Kirk- wood were both born in America, and Professor Daniel Kirkwood was born on a farm, in Tartford County, Mary- land, September 27, 1814.
His early life was spent on the farm, his first attendance at school being in the rural district of his native county. Not having much taste for agriculture, he entered the York Coun- ty Academy (York, Pa.) in 1834, and in 1838 was elected first assistant and mathematical instructor of the insti- tution. While teaching in York, one of his students was Samuel R. Frank- lin, who later won fame and was chosen superintendent of the great
Government Observatory, in Washing- ton, D. C.
In 1943 he accepted the principal- ship of Lancaster, (Pa.) High school, which position he gave up to become principal of the Pottsville Academy after a few years. He was then Pro- fessor of Mathematics in Delaware College from 1851 to 1856, being elect- ed President of this institution in 1854, and in the last year mentioned accepted the Chair of Mathematics in Indiana University. His residence in Bloomington gave the community a zealous worker for the citizenship's welfare throughout the long life of this great scholar and teacher.
Honors Bestowed.
Professor Daniel Kirkwood received the honorary degree of Master of Arts, in 1850, from Washington College, and the degree of Doctor of Laws in 1852, from the University of Pensylvania.
He was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1851, and the American Association for the advancement of Science, in 1853.
Not alone these honorable attain- ments were the result of his untire- ing study, but he was a frequent con- tributor to scientific journals, and was author of the well-known work on "Comets and Meteors," as well as a book published earlier, entitled "Me- teoric Astronomy." Besides, being the man to establish "Kirkwood's Law" as a theory for scientific devel- opment.
The Bee Hive geyser in Yellow- stone national park is becoming more and more active every season.
Many parts of the dense forests of the Adirondack mountains in New York are still unexplored.
Observatory at Indiana University, in charge of Prof. W. A. Cogshall, where "star" students are learning of the "great beyond" in concrete lessons and figures.
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"CITY OF HIGHER LEARNING" RECEIVES PRAISE FROM UNION LABOR PUBLICATION
Bloomington and Indiana University received a fine "writeup" by one of the State papers. This time it is the Union which is one of the leading of- ficial organ of the Labor Party in the United States. The article which ap- peared in the Labor Day edition (Sept. 5, 1921) is as follows:
"Clang. A grinding of wheels-the call of a brakeman as the train slows down. Bloomington. The home of In- diana University-the home, for a time, of our boys and girls who are fortunate enough to be allowed to go.
"You alight from the train and an animated scene confronts you. You behold crowds of laughing and seem- ingly care-free boys and girls-In- diana's boys and girls-some leaving, some coming to resume their studies -- and a feeling of their exuberant good fellowship grips you.
"You leave the depot and are soon in the business section of the town. You pass through the square and note the stores that face it-the up-to-the- minute styles that show through the windows, and you know that you are in a college town where progressive merchants keep pace with the exact- ing requirements of thousands of stu- dents from all walks of life. You pass along a street, made beautiful by im- posing homes and overhanging trees, and finally you stand on the college campus.
"Then and only then, does the real significance of the leading of this ar-
ticle come to you: 'What Indiana Uni- versity Means to Indiana.'
"You behold the mighty buildings dedicated to the advancement of our children-you gaze in rapture at the campus, which has been laid out in all of its natural beauty-and with a feel- ing of pride you realize that Indiana University is yours-is a part of your state-is the result of your efforts and the efforts of your people.
"You look about you and behold beautiful homes and churches and as you come to know these people of Bloomington and their kindly, hospit- able ways-as you come to realize the atmosphere of refinement and culture that is so manifest-you breathe a sigh of relief that Indiana University is located in such a town-that your children are to live for a time in such a community-and then, while think- ing what Indiana University means to Indiana there comes to you another thought: What Bloomington as a home for our children means to the parents of the State of Indiana. For are not surroundings, is not refine- ment and kindly consideration of a people, as important to the welfare and advancement of our children as a college itself ?
"I have often wondered why some people take it upon themselves to op- pose every additional appropriation asked for by our colleges. Colleges, if we as a people are to be progressive, need increased equipment, increased
salary fund, more money for research, more housing for students that crowd to their halls in ever growing num- bers. That the money must be care- fully handled goes without saying. In times like these, the richest state has not a dollar to waste. But, rightly used, the money spent on colleges will come back a hundredfold.
"There is no public activity that pays quite so well as education. Some of the dividends are obvious-gains that can be readily seen. There are, however, gains less easy of appraise- ment, whose value no thoughtful man doubts. All increased understanding of life and duty, all broadening of sympathy and growth of knowledge, are worth while, even though their money price is difficult to ascertain.
"A university is an investment, not a charity and he who stands in its way is a detriment to his people, his state and his own advancement.
"While Bloomington is known as a college town, it also enjoys other dis- tinctions that without a college would make it known. It is almost the very center of population in the United States. It is also in the very heart of the limestone district-a building stone that finds a market throughout the entire country where beauty and durability is a factor in the building. Bloomington is also the home of the universally known Showers Brothers Company. America's largest furniture makers, with a record of one complete piece of furniture every nineteen sec- onds.
"Bloomington, to an observer, indi- cates unusual inducements for any in- dustry deserving location. Excellent labor conditions, adequate transporta-
Typical University Student Organization Houses of Blooming ton (1922).
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tion facilities, near the mining dis- trict, the center of population, desir- able neighbors, pure water, ample light, heat and power at economical rates, and a satisfactory serivce such as is always maintained by the Inter- state Public Service Company; fine hotels and co-operation of fellow- townsmen-but more than this-with unequalled educational opportunity for the children of the employe and employer.
"Bloomington! Big enough to carry
the impression of a much larger city; small enough to zealously cherish re- finement, good fellowship and hospi- tality-a city of kindly people, wheth- er they be employer of employe, teach- er or business man or student.
"The shades of night were slowly settling over the campus at Indiana. I turned to go. Again I passed along the streets and down to the depot, where I took my train. Leaving I carried with me a vision of mighty buildings and a beautiful campus-a
thought of a beautiful city of homes and a people of refinement and genial ways-but more than this I carried with me the thought that some day I would like to have my children go-to Indiana University-and Blooming- ton."
Sheriff Walter Peterson is a lone- some man today.
"Reason-the jail is entirely empty for the first time since Mr. Peterson took office." November 18, 1921.
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KIRKWOOD OBSERVATORY
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As Indiana University buildings appeared in 1915, before New Men's Gymnasium was built.
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Indiana University Downs Purdue In Annual Football Game of 1921
The historic rivalry between the two Universities of our State gives the victory of Indiana University and Bloomington a right to have the ac- count of this contest placed in the columes of this book.
In thirty years Purdue and Indiana have played 22 games. Purdue has won 11, Indiana 10, and there have been 2 ties. The record follows:
In 1891, Purdue, 60, Indiana 0; 1892, Purdue 69, Indiana 0 ;; 1893, Purdue 60; Indiana 0; 1897, Purdue 20, In- diana 6; 1898, Purdue 14, Indiana 0; 1899, Purdue 5, Indiana 17; 1900 Purdue 5, Indiana 24; 1901, Purdue 6, Indiana 11; 1902, Purdue 39, In- diana 0; 1904, Purdue 27, Indiana 0; 1905, Purdue 11, Indiana 11; 1908, Purdue 4, Indiana 10; 1909, Purdue
3, Indiana 36; 1910, Purdue 9, Indiana 15; 1911, Purdue 42, Indiana 5; 1912, Purdue 34, Indiana 7; 1913, Purdue 4, Indiana 7; 1914, Purdue 23, Indiana 13; 1915, Purdue 7, Indiana 0; 1916, Purdue 0, Indiana 0; 1917, Purdue 0, Indiana 37; 1920, Purdue 7, In- diana 10; 1921, Indiana 3, Purdue 0.
Before the game, 3,000 cards con- taining the following verses were passed among the Rooters, for it was fully realized that Indiana's only chance to win would be by the superior gameness of the Crimson players:
The Team and Stiehm.
(By Forest M. "Pop" Hall) I've gone far to see our team And dear old "Jumbo" Stiehm Fight hard for fame
With fres, whose greater odds Would have frightened the gods. In any game.
So hard they fought, that sly Fate Tried her hand to slow their gait As ground they gained ; And, the team tried to the last Ounce of strength to hold fast ; But then-it rained !
Watch. with confident smile, How they play for Cap Kyle, And lead the score In this more equal match, And beat Purdue like Scratch, Just as before.
High in the bleachers, we too, Must work for Indiana, true- Talk long and loud ! Let the boys know we are there To back them with OUR share, And show we're proud.
No yellow was ever shown, For none was ever grown In old I. U. So YELL! For this final game Will see our team bring shame To all Purdue !
Scene at Indiana-Purdue Football Game on Jordan Field
The Downfallen.
"I came here to learn," Said young Willie Green ; "Not to'fall for' or yern For each 'queen' that I've seen."
But-alas and alack- This wise young fellow Was asleep on his back, For his heart was mellow.
One spoonful of nerve Was all that he lost ;
For a bushel of brains Would ne'er pay the cost.
Four years he was dead In his loveless strife, Refusing to be led To the joys of life.
Then, he awoke with a start And a creeping skin- Something was wrong with his heart, And his blood seemed thin.
The girl-that wonderful one, In all the classes with him --- Had, this day, just begun Wearing his room-mate's pin.
And, true to prediction, the spirit of "never giving up" gave victory to Indiana's nervy players in this his- toric gridiron game.
Indiana beat Purdue 3 to 0 in the season's last football game on Jor- dan Field Saturday, November 19, 1921. A drop kick by Kyle in the last quarter with five minutes left to play put the contest on ice for the Crimson. A crowd of about 9,000, the largest ever on the field, witnessed the con- test, and 1,000 who had bought tickets in advance remained away on account of rain.
Purdue came on two special trains and brought 1,600 rooters.
Engines 440 and 400, pulling the special trains over the Monon, were gaily decorated in Purdue colors, black and old gold.
TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY SELECT SITES FOR TWO NEW BUILDINGS, NOV. 1921
Captain Kyle
Before adjournment of its sessions on November 5, 1921, the Indiana University board of trustees definitely decided upon the location of the site upon which the new $250,000 build- ing for the School of Commerce and Finance of the University will be erected. The site chosen is 100 feet east of Biology Hall and 100 feet
south of Science Hall, on the college campus, just north of Third Street.
The board also selected the site for the President's house, which is to be erected on the east end of the Uni- versity campus, almost due east of the north end of Forest Place, Bloom- ington.
Miss Louise Rowe was selected as
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secretary to William A. Alexander, who will have charge of the $1,000,000 drive among the alumni and other friends of the institution.
Mr. Alexander reported that the first pledges for the alumni fund have been made by Dr. Joseph Swain and his wife, Mrs. Frances Morgan Swain.
The board was much pleased that President Bryan had received from Marshal Foch an autographed repro-
duction of the famous order which the marshal made during the battle of the Marne. As translated by Prof. E. C. Hills of the department of Romance languages, the order was as follows:
"My left is giving way, my right is falling back; consequently I am ordering a general offensive, a deci- sive attack by the center.
"Signed, F. Foch."
BANKERS CONVINCED PROSPECTS FOR 1922 BUSI- NESS ARE GOOD
President of American Association Emphasizes Importance of United States
Interesting Itself in Problems of Europe-Time for Greatest Anxiety Now Appears Nearly Past as 1921 Comes to Close.
Business prospects for 1922 are, in general, hopeful, according to state- ments by prominent bankers, made public December 31, in New York, by the American Bankers' Association.
"The future of business and finance in the United States is encouraging," said Thomas B. McAdams, president of the association. He emphasized the importance of this country in- teresting itself in the problems of Europe in order that American pros- perity may be maintained. He said that, although some leading politic- ians and newspapers opposed extend- ing aid to Europe at this time, "fu- ture prosperity depended upon the way financial America answers the call."
"The time for anxiety seems to be entirely past and the middle of 1922 should see recovery well established," said John C. Lonsdale, president of the National Bank of Commerce of St. Louis. "All the things necessary to commercial betterment seem to
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