The daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1904-1905, 1904-05-31

ton or Samuel ii. ElrOd, OF the class |
OF 1884. tor governor or 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 to 1900 Fad numbered l,741, |
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, too,
have been divided between the
Two great parties. One OF the United
States senators was Daniel W.
Voorhees,. another Albert J. Beverage.
Other states. also have received their
quota. Senator Harlan served Iowa,
while Senator Booth served Califor
mia. Even the empire Of Japan has
been represented at two of her most
important diplomatic posts, st. Peters.
burg and Mexico, by DePauw gradu.
ates.
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 that
thus the ambition for public position
| was awakened among the undergradu-
| ateS. Still others maintain that for
some unexplained reason the institu.
ton has always attracted peculiarly
forcetul type OF students who have
shown an alertness in making
their way in after life. But this only
removes the question farther back, for
It might then he 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-
sons named above. He was an orator
par excellence and started at Green
castle tradition that made for ef-
fective public speech. He was a pub
lie man, often consulted even by Lin
coin concerning important matters of
state. His personality was such that
he drew 10 The college strong type
of youth. His own career in Offices
ecclesiastical became an example and
spur to men who later held Offices
political.
The OePauw Spirit.
All these suggestions MAJ have in
them something Of force. Yet. after
all, 20 one person or influence or fact
can explain the record. 1t has come
out of tue Esprit" of the institution
and there are always various and elu
sive elements that make up the "spir
: 1t" of d college. Consequently that
spirit" can never be closely defined
I or fully explained. Some universities
, have the "spirit' that makes them pre-
! eminently successful In the prepare
. ton Of teachers: others for the prep
I aratiOn Of preachers; and yet Others
I do good work in all lines, but seem tt
t be sgnally successful ia one speca
y line of work. For such facts no full
a explanations ever lie plainly on tht
f surface The figures given abovs
4 show that our colleges have a yer,
f special field Of service in the prepar
g ing of public men. Speaker Cannon
q of the National House of Representa-
n tives. has recently said that two of tn
+ higher educational institutions in In
!. diana had been the most potent fac
q tors in creating and moulding the lif
>. of the state If this be near the truth
a the charge, so often made, that me-
!. Of advanced education do not take du
interest in public affairs may easil
be overstated.
The Question Of co,Educaton.
~ The question of co-education may b
-, a subject for debate in some quarters
II but no question is ever raised here a
o. to the mutually beneficial influence i
J., and out Of the classroom of the youn
= men and women who make up the De
20 Paw student body. DePauw has bee
"a a cO-educatiOnal Institution for nearl
-. thirtyfive years, and although intro
-. ! duced as an experiment against COZ
y. siderable opposition, the system ha
, fully justified itself. Social diversion
have never been permitted to be deve
~. oped here to point where the work {
~ the institution has been interfere
-. with, but the everyday mingling
NJ the men and women students has r.
81 suited in the development of a healtl
Nv full and com sense attitude on tn
~ part Of each class toward the othe
-, At DePauw was founded more tina
~ thirty years ago the first college seer,
-, society for women The social lii
~, OF the institution Is Of the most der
~ ocratic character. and worth wins Il
>. way here In every avenue Of endeavG
49, without reference to wealth or 9th,
>, artificial standard.
20 In Touch With Youth.
al DePauw University is fortunate
r. HAVING recently acoDirod tho servic,