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To D R A G M A

VOL. V . N O V E M B E R , 1909. No. I .

T o D R A G M A is published at 165-167 Main Street, Menasha, Wis., by George
Banta, official printer to the fraternity. Entered at the Postoffice at Menasha,
Wis., as second-class matter, April 13, 1909, under the act of March 3, 1879.

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HISTORY O F DE PAUW UNIVERSITY

The Methodist ministers of Indiana, in their annual conference
assembled in 1835, drew up a formal resolution—that they would
found an institution for higher learning, to be known as "The Indiana
Asbury University." A t the conference session of 1836, Greencastle
was selected as the seat of the new colloge, but a charter was not
granted until the tenth of January 1837.

A building was begun and its corner stone was laid amid great
ceremony on June 20, 1837. The first home of the school, however,
was a room 12 by 15 feet, but this was quite large enough for the
five students, who made up the enrollment at the opening of the
first term. The new structure was first used at the opening of the
second term of the scholastic year, in 1840.

The close of the school year of 1840 witnessed a great event,
the graduation of the first class from the "University," a class of
three.

At a meeting of the board in 1839 Prof Matthew Simpson was
elected president. The list of presidents is as follows: Rev. Lucien
W. Berry A. M . (1849-1854), Rev. Daniel Curry D. D. (1854-
1857), Rev. Thomas Bowman D. D. (1858-1872), Rev. Reuben
Andrus D. D. (1872-1875), Rev. Alexander Martin D. D. (1875-
1889), Rev. J. P. John D . D. (1889-1896), Rev. H . A. Gobin, A.
M., D. D. (1896-1904), Bishop Edwin H . Hughes (1904-1908),
President Francis J. McConnell (1909- ) .

The year 1867 witnessed a real innovation; after careful con-
sideration it was decided in June, that ladies should be admitted