The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-12-17
THE DE PAUW FUND,
The Completion of the Endowment of
Asbury University-Great Enthusiasm of
the People of Greencastle.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

special to the Indianapolis Journal.
GREENCAsTLE, Dec. 15.-Tne good people or
this place are happy, now that the long uncer-
tainty is over and the nunficent endowment of
Mr.. W. c. DePauw is secured beyond all doubt
1t is magnificent gift, and with it and the
donations from The Methodist churches Of Ind-
ana and the citizens of Greencastle and Putnam
county, DePauw University, with its buildings,
grounds, and some requests to fall due, may be
considered nearly millionaire. Magnificent
Mr.. DePauw's gift is, it Is hut the forerurner of
a greater as, at bis DEATH he has provided that
As per cent. of his estate (exempting the glass
works. shall also go TO the University. 1t s cal
culated that this promised bequesJ cannot fall
below a million and a half more, so that before
many years Indiana will have college worth
two and half million dollars, an institution of
learning second to none in the United States.
The gathering at Meharry Hall last night was
alarge one, more than 200 persons being pres
emit The programme was home concert for the
benefit of the DePauw fund, and though the price
of admission was low, Melted nearly $780, Be-
tween parts first and second of the musical per-
Torrance, Professor ]. B. Denote announced
that the citizens fund of 100000 was now COM
plete, Miss II Eliza Hart having at the last mo-
ment, aud when every one thought the limit had
been reached, come forward with $4,000 for the
$4,000 of guarantee fund needed to make the
100000 subscription equal to cash. The an
nOuncement received with cheers, and Miss
Hart brought forward upon the stage.
She spoke with great modesty of the aid she had
given at so opportune amoment. and said she
had but done her duty in the matter an hum
BILE instrument in the hands of the great Giver
of all good. She was glad to be there that night
and rejoice over the success of one of the grand
est educational enterprises of the age, and
thanked the Author of all events for putting it
into the heart of Mr.. W. C. DePauw to found so
beneficent an institution in our midst, and
thanked God that he had raised up among
men who, bv their ontinued and earnest
lahors, their wisdom and their devotion to duty
have been able to bring the matter TO success
full termination. The whole community, she
said, had cause for rejoicing, nor the ad-
vantage arising from having such an institution
in Greencastle he Overestmated. Asbury,
long and favorably known as fourishiag in
stltution of learning, with her increased means
of usefulness VIII enter upon q brighter career
upon a new and extended field, while the
flower of the nation, yonng men and young
women, will flock to her ample reeitation-rooms
and FIJI her iyceums and lecture-rooms, while
they drunk of the stream that flows by the IA
bled mountain of Helicon. She closed, predict.
ing that DePauw University would be bright
and shining light in the world of letters, credit
to Asburv University honor to her founder
and blessing to humanity.
Mr.. J. F. Darnall rose and said: "Standing
In the twilight of tie most beauti-
full city in the State of Indiana.
populated by people who never falter when
sacrifice is demanded for the public good offer
the following;
hot tbo 10 iad IN,
Meharrv Hal! of DcPauw University send greet
ing 70 Hon. w. G. DnPnuw. May his benefaction
survive IL thousand years
"This carried unanimously and with
great and enthusiastic clapping of hands. Three
cheers were then given for the great event, and
few minutes later all the bells in the city were
ringing while cannon in the college campus
re-echoed the glad tidings"
No city in Indiana is better suited than Green
castle to the purpose Of large educational in
stitution in all its surroundings and environ
ments. There 500 students quartered
here and there is room for a thousand
more, CT TO equal the university town of Cam
bridge in England, it could easily accommodate
two thousand students Greencastle is not
closely built. There are few rows of houses
while following the streets the yards about
the residences spacious that they seem TO
be a succession of parks. There are many
churches and the moral atmosphere is good.
There are. however, "a number of saloons.
AS the bells were ringing cut their joyful
peals last night, your correspondent passing
along the public square, saw moor woman.
thinly clad, Drawing the pitiless wind as, accom-
panied by her son, boy eleven twelve years
old, she went from dram-shop to dram-shop
searching for q drunken husband, who was
sqnandering his wages, while his family were
suffering from lack of food and fuel It is to be
hoped when Mr.. DePauws benefaction is re-
ceived and Greencastle takes on all the dignity
of a flrst-class university town, that the dram
shops will go, and that the places that have
known them, will know them more forever.
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