Biographical and historical record of Putnam County, Indiana .. . siness sagacity, which mighthave continued to serve the institution formany years longer, had his life not been sud-denly cut short, in May, 1887, while on avisit to Chicago. Though the new order of things is but justbegun, four large and commodious newstructures have been added to the universitysgroup of buildings, besides the enlargementand improvement of others; 140 acres of landhas been added to the campus: and whilethe Asbury College of Liberal Arts hasbeen made more efficient than ever, ithas been surrounded with the sever
Biographical and historical record of Putnam County, Indiana .. . siness sagacity, which mighthave continued to serve the institution formany years longer, had his life not been sud-denly cut short, in May, 1887, while on avisit to Chicago. Though the new order of things is but justbegun, four large and commodious newstructures have been added to the universitysgroup of buildings, besides the enlargementand improvement of others; 140 acres of landhas been added to the campus: and whilethe Asbury College of Liberal Arts hasbeen made more efficient than ever, ithas been surrounded with the severalschools of theology, law, music, line arts,normal instruction, etc., which constitute auniversity in fact as well as in name, andall advanced to the very front rank amongthe educational institutions of the greatWest. During the year 18S5-86 the total attend-ance was 813, of whom sixty-nine graduatedin 1886. There were over forty members ofthe faculty during the fame year. AlexanderMartin, I). D., LL. D., is president of theuniversity. HISTORY OF PUTNAM COUNTY. MISCELLANEOUS. |
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