The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-06-24

stress. Judged by TINS staAuarn ne
PAW ranks high among the colleges
and universities Of the middle West
1t Is a demonstrated fact that the
smaller college is a more effective
training ground for Individual charac.
ter and abiftysthan the larger institu
ton, where the personality of the stu.
dent is lost in the press of numbers.
And among the smaller Institutions
DePanW has had an attendance aver
aging about 7e0 Tor the past thirty
years-this university has been unu-
suaiiy successful in turning out men
who have achieved distinction Most
OF these men, too, have won their way
through the institution by tLcir own
exertions The young man or woman
with courage and character enough to
do this has always been at premium
In Greencastle. socially as we'll as from
the standpoint of the student. Senator
Harlan OF Iowa earned his first years
board and tuition here by serving as
janitor Of one Of the college buildings.
and graduated with honor in calico
dressing gown. Senator Voorhees, had
similar struggles with adversely dur.
ing his college career: Senator Bever
idge made his way through DePauw
by selling books during the sunmar
vacations and capturing most OF the
prizes offered for scholarship and ora.
tory
DePauw and Public life.
DePauw University seems to have
had an exceptional record 10 the way
of fitting men for public life A recent
astonishing list and has caused much
comment. Her alumni up to the class
of 1900 had furnished the following
public officers: Governors. 9: lieuten-
ant governors. 2: cabinet officers, 2.
foreign ministers. 5: attaches and con.
suls. 5: United States senators 1.-TWO
non-graduates). 7: congressman. 10:
other state officers. 10; state senators.
Il; federal and state supreme judges.
%; state representatives 50. Ano.L.
er prospective governor was added 20
the list the other day by the nomind-
ton OF Samuel II. Elrod, OF the class
OF 1884, tor governor OF South Dakota
by the majority party IN that state.
This list is all the more remarkable
when II is noted that the male gradu-
ates up 10 1900 rad numbered l,74l,
so that these scores OF political Offices
had been distributed among voters
far less in NUMBER than the voting
population OF most OF our county
seat cities. The Offices, 100,
have been divided between the
Two great parties. One OF the United
States senators was Daniel w.
Voorhees,. another Albert J. Beveridge
! Other states. also have received their
| quota. Senator Harlan served Iowa,
| while Senator Booth served CaIitor-
| MIA Even the empire CT Japan has
! been represented at two Of ner most
important diplomatic posts, st. Peters
burg and Mexico, by DePauw gradu-
| Rtes.
The Origin of This Influence.
| The causes OF DePauw University's
influence in this respect have been
| much discussed. Some have said that
her attention to public speaking and
oratory accounts for 1t In part. Others
say that the institution CHANGED to Sc.
cure among her earliest students and
graduates men like Senators McDon.
aid, Harlan and voorhees,, and tina;
| thus the ambition for public position
| was awakened among the undergradu
| ateS. Still others maintain that for
| some unexplained reason the irstitu
| ton has always attracted a peculiarly
| forceful type OF students who have
| shown all alertness in making
their way in after life. But this only
removes the question farther back, for
1t might then be asked. why did the
Institution attract this type of stu
dents? There are yet others who say
that much of the result may be traced
to the wonderful influence Of the first
president of the University. Matthew
Simpson. afterward a bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church. His
career suggests all three of the rea