The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-08-07

ETdUudTtS Oh the SCHOOL 10 the 1dCt TndI
from the first it has been a co-educational
institution. The grand results of the system
at Earlham are strong arguments in favor
or the education of both sexes In the same
college. The women graduates have been
given some OF the most responsible posi-
tons. and in every case they have been able
10 do more than was expected of them. For
the most part they have taken the same
courses followed by the male students, and
their scholarship ranks very high. TIL first
class graduated from the college was COM
posed of one man and one woman. Since
then the classes have been equally divided,
In a few cases the number of women ex-
ceeding the men. The women alumni has a
record that is envied by any woman's semi
nary in the country. Almost every profess
sion has been successfully entered by wom-
en- graduates, besides the homes that have
been made more happy because of the broad
training the mother had received at her
alma mater.
EXAMPLES OF PROGRESS.
Among the many things responsible for
the wonderful success of SO small a college
is the advanced place Earlham has taken
in introducing new subjects and apparatus.
together with new courses. 1t enjoys the
distinction of being one of the foremost
among the educational Institutions of the
West in the promotion of advanced practi-
cal instruction in science. 1t opened the first
chemical laboratory for the use of students
in the State. About the same time the first
astronomical observatory in the State was
established at Earlham.
Being classed as one of the small college,
OF the country. 1t has every advantage
Wnlch accrues 10 this class of educational
institutions over those offered by the larger
institutions The history of the past bears
out the statement that the leading and most
prominent men OF the United States have
come from this class of schools. DIR. Frank
w. Gunsaulus, one of the first educators of
the country, has recently prepared a lecture
on the benefits of the small college to the
Nation. He regards its mission as more i'm
portant than that OF the university. The
leading argument in favor of this class of
school is the personal attention given each
student and the contact possible with the
professors of the institution. Earlham does
not invite the attendance of graduate stu
dents, but urges all of her graduates to go
10 some university and take more advanced
work. Probably the greatest advantage to
its graduates over the university is that il
makes the unfolding of character Of as
much Importance as the training of the in
tellect.
Since the opening of Earlham between
100 and 5000 students have been in attend
ance and five hundred have graduated.
These men and women have gone out into
the world, and in almost every case have
added glory to the institution. In the world
OF science, art, the professions and crafts
the most advanced places have been Sc
cured by Earlham alumni. A large number
OF positions of responsibility and trust have
been filled satisfactorily by them. College
presidents. college and university profess
sors. superintendent and teachers in the
public schools Of the country, politicians,
business men and professional men of every
kind are included in the membership of the
almuni. Below is given a partial list of
Earlham graduates now holding positions of
trust and prominence: Absalom Rosenberg
er, president Of Penn College, Iowa; James
b.. Unthank. recently president of Whining
ton College. Ohio; Robert u. Johnson, as
ISOLATE editor of the Century Magazine;
Benjamin F. Trueblood, member of Inter-
national Law Association and of the Com
mission of International Peace Bureau; DIR.
j. j. Mills. recent president Of Earlham,
er for the indianapolis Sentinel; Arthur c.
Rogers, editor of the Journal of Psyche
Asthenics; S. E. Nicholson, superintendent
of the Maryland Anti-saloon League; Thorn
as Trueblood, professor of elocution and
oratory, University of Michigan; A. l.. Nor
gan, engineer of maintenance of way, Pitts
burg division, Pennsylvania lines; Edwin
Morrison, professor of science, Penn Col
lege, Iowa; Robert L. Kelly. president of
Earlham College; Byron Hubbard, mechani-
cal and civil engineer, Pittsburg; Atwood
lines; Ira X. Hall. estimating engineer for
Wellman & Seaver Engineering Company;
Martha DOan, professor of chemistry, Vas
sar College; Clifford Pritchard, civil engi-
neer, Gillette & Herzog Manufacturing
Company; s. B. Hickman, assistant COM
missioner of education for Porto Rico; O..
W. Brown, professor of chemistry. Indiana
State University; Caswell Graves, instruct
or in the Marine Biological Laboratory,
Massachusetts,; Hartley Church, civil engi-
neer, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad; Caleb
Cook, professor of science, Whittier Col
lege, California; Frank Lamar, chair of sci
ence. Wilmington College; Royal j. Davis,
associate editor of American Friend: R.. w.
| Kelsey. professor of German, Pacific Col
lege; Ebert Russell, head of the Bible
School. Earlham College; Elwood Perisho,
| professor Of geology and physics, State Nor
| NAL, Wisconsin,; NJ. c. Stevens, professor
of mathematics, Purdue University; d. w.
Dennis, biology. Earlham College; Mary
Peacock. Johns Hopkins University; Robert
B. Warder, professor of physics, Howard
University; w. b. Wickersham. secretary
er, professor of psychology and psyche
therapy, Hygeia Medical College, Cincin-
natl; d. w. Marmon, president of Indianap-
TIE Heae ano = W Hompahy, Esassus
University; w. N. Trueblood, professor of
English and literature, Earlham College;
| Lydia Bowerman. GUilford College, North
Carolina. This list could be carried out to
| great length.