The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-04-04
WABASH COLLEGE.

President Tuttle's Coming Retirement-ProE
~Campbeirs Long service-LarGe Bequest.
Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
CRAwFORDsvILLE, Ind, April g. The
spring term of Wabash College will com.
mence next Tuesday, and there is every
promise of o large attendance of students.
At the end of this term the resignation of
President Tuttle will take effect. The
many friends of the retiring president are
proud of the advancement that the college
has made in every respect since 1862. the
year that he assumed the duties of the Of
fee. During these thirty years 439 young
men have received their sh~eepskins from
the hands of President Tuttle. and with
the twenty three this year the number will
be 462. The whole number of alumni is Coz;
over one hundred are dead. Prof. J. l..
Campbell has been connected with the col
leRe longer than any of the other instruct
ors. In lS49 he was elected principal of the
preparatory department. and In 1854 profess
sor of mathematics. physics and botany.
In 1875 and 1876 he was temporarily absent
while acting as secretary of the Centennial
Exhibition at Philadelphia. In 1876 he was
elected professor of physics and astronomy,
and continues so to :date. Prof. Campbell
is also secretary of the board of trustees.
The number of students in 1910 was 100; IN
1850, 146: in 1860, 1856: in 1870, 226; In 1880, 172:
and in 1890. $50. The building now known
as South Hall was erected In 1884. Center
Hall was built in 1852. and the two wings
in ISL. The gymnasium was finished In
1873 and remodeled for the HOvey Museum
in 1884. The Peck Scientific Hall was
erected in 1878: and the Yandes Library
Building in 1901.
One of the urgent needs of the college is
rs. nptraI nhenrunru Thorn Ia a
fund of $40, 600, given by "a friend to tn Q
college, for the foundation of q professor
ship In astronomy, but the income OF this
fund. by the direction of the donor. is used
of physics and astronomy. 1t is greatly to
be desired that some one would furnish the
necessary means TO erect and equip n first
class Astronomical observatory OF Wabash
College.
The Athletic Association at the close of
last years season of foot ball. had S9) in
the treasury, instead of $40. as stated q
week ago. With the opening of this term
the association Will branch out into the
base ball and lawn tennis arena.
BY the recent settlement of the estate OF
Daniel Fayerweather. the leather mer-
chant. of New York city. Wabash College
a donation and the other is derived from
the terms of the will. There has been
nearly $4,000 of the total amount received.
and the entire amount will be placed on
l0tcTeSb, tI6 lucOIuc 10 Do ubcU III tuo gen
eral OK penses OF the college. and eventually
some chair will be endowed. Marietta
College Will also receive as much as
Wabash. Mr.. Fayerweather asked his
minister to name the colleges from which
noted men 10 graduated. and to these
colleges he gave certain amounts.
Professor Osborne has been visiting his
parents near cambridge, and Professor
Campbell has been in Indianapolis.
Moreland b. Binford, 'S9. lately of Ogden,
Utah, has returned to this city. where no
will reside In tho future.
The bell on Center Church, which Is IA
miliar to every student who has attended
this college for fifty years. has ceased to
sound, having cracked during the rim ging
last Sunday.
A. A. Mccain and j. A. Greene. both of
'S9. have purchased an interest in the daily
and weekly Journal In this city.
The Yandes Coterie met on Saturday
evening and q paper on "Co-education in
American Colleges" wac read by A. A. Mo-
Cain. The discussion was led by r. N.
Whiteford.
Prof. X. S. Boone has been in the city
comforting with the school board in regard
to securing graduates of the State Univer-
sity positions in the high-schools of the
State.