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to the college classes. With the opening of the next school year,
a number of young women availed themselves of the privileges for
higher education, and in 1871 four young women were in the grad-
uating class.

Naturally amid all the growth and expansion of the times, the
one building that had been so ample in its first years, was entirely
too small to meet, even tolerably well, the present needs. A n ad-
ditional building must be erected. After much deliberation, with
but little money for it in hand and not much more in sight, but with
large faith in the possibilities, the work was undertaken, and on the
20th of October, 1869, the corner stone was laid for a new building—
the one now known as East College.

On February 10, 1879, the old college building was nearly
destroyed by fire. A little later it was rebuilt, enlarged and refitted.

On May 5, 1884, there came to a happy termination a series
of negotiations that had been in progress for nearly three years, and
that resulted in the change from "Indiana Asbury University" to
"De Pauw University" with the beginnings of all that it has meant
in the way of strength and enlargement.

At present the buildings of De Pauw are as follows: East Col-
lege, West College, Science H a l l , McKim Observatory, Woman's
Hall, Music Hall, Art Hall, Florence Hall, Minshall Laboratory
and Carnegie Library.