The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-02-06
Wabash College.

1t gives the journal much pleasure to transfer
to its columns the appended letter of President
futile, published in the last number of the Her
aid and Presbyter. with respect to the new mu-
scum of natural history and the growth general
ly of Wabash College, one of the oldest and ablest
of Indiana's educational institutions:
Twenty years ago the educational equipments
of Wabash College were quite limited. It's Ii
brary, museum, philosophical apparatus and its
stock of buildings were small The first sign of
growth was an unusual and almost unsought in
crease of endowment funds; then the building of
the wings of Center Hall for the library chapel
museum and recitation rooms. Next came Peck
Scientific Hall for physics and chemistry-a re
markably fine building. which now shows signs
of being filled to its capacity.
"And now comes the latest sign-almost un-
heralded, but with a warm welcome At large
expense the museum of natural history has been
prepared and is already in use 1t contains
the lecture room the laboratories and rooms for
the dissecting and microscopic work of Professor
Coulters department of natural history. These
rooms are already occupied, and are admirable.
The upper room of the ttransepti is being fitted
up for the rich collection of botanical specimens.
The room over the west transept is devoted to
the archaeological collection already quite large,
The main room, which is l00x50, is lighted from
above, and already holds the Ward casts of huge
extinct animals. The mineral and fossil cellec-
tons are to be placed in this room soon as the
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when it receives all the collections Just named,
it will be an object of generous PRIDE not only
with the friends of Wabash, but all the friends
of education.
81 have spoken of the growth of the college.
1t has been eminently a growth. Each change
has come without noise or proclamation, and, it
may be added. with little expense for agency.
The library holds $4,000 books. and is constantly
growing; and the museum many thousands of
specimens, and is also growing rapidly. 1t is a
place full of advantages for the pursuit of class
ical and scientific education
Center Hall, Peck Hall and the museum are
warmed by steam. made in the new boiler-house,
which is removed to a safe distance from the
other buildings. The plan of the college has been
to separate its buildings and the equipments so
as to diminish the risks of fire. We prefer this
to single large building, however imposing it
may be. The risks of fire are reduced greatly by
this policy. The college has grown, and yet we
trust it has not yet got its growth"
In a notice of this letter the editor of the Her
aid and Presbyter writes in the editorial columns
of the paper:
''Wabash College is constantly advancing in
all that college ought to be and have. Our
readers will rejoice to the article of President
futile, descriptive of the new museum of natural
history in connection with that college. This
addition will greatly increase the usefulness of
the institution. Dr.. Tutt!e and his colaborers
have labored long and zealously for the upbuild-
ing of the college in all its departments, and we
rejoice with the friends of Christian culture and
education, that their labors have not been in
vain"