Purdue debris . HIRTY years ago the most imagina-tive would not have beheved thatwithin three decades Purdue Univer-sity would stand as the foremost engi-neering school of the West. JohnPurduecalledthc institution a grow-ing High School; and Governor Hen-dricks, who in 1875 delivered the firstCommencement address, ventured the hope that within twentyyears the graduates would number one hundred instead of this time, when Purdue drew its students from Tiji-pecanoe county alone, and had but fifteen enrolled in the fourclasses, it hardly seemed possible that the time might comewhen the enro
Purdue debris . HIRTY years ago the most imagina-tive would not have beheved thatwithin three decades Purdue Univer-sity would stand as the foremost engi-neering school of the West. JohnPurduecalledthc institution a grow-ing High School; and Governor Hen-dricks, who in 1875 delivered the firstCommencement address, ventured the hope that within twentyyears the graduates would number one hundred instead of this time, when Purdue drew its students from Tiji-pecanoe county alone, and had but fifteen enrolled in the fourclasses, it hardly seemed possible that the time might comewhen the enrollment would i)ass the fifteen hundred mark, com-prising students from not only every state in the Inion, butfrom many foreign countries as well. The Main In this steadily increasing growth, we can not fail to readthe worlds generous recognition of the successful work doneby the Purdue Alumni. In this sketch no attem])t is made to give the details of tiieorigin of Purdue. It is merely intended to prese
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