Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 146, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1911 — President of Purdue University Is Granted Divorce at Lafayette. [ARTICLE]

President of Purdue University Is Granted Divorce at Lafayette.

After waiting four years for his wife to repent and return to her home at Lafayette, Dr. Winthrop Ellsworth Stone, president of Purdue university, Tuesday obtained a divorce from Victoria H. Stone, who in April, 1907, became infatuated with an East Indian religious cult called the Yogi philosophy and left her husband and children to follow its* teachings. Her departure at that time created a sensation, as she was a leader in society and literary circles. According to the complaint, she is now living at Coalleda, Germany, with a number of the followers of the cult. She and Dr. Stone were married in 1889, having become acquainted when he was studying chemistry at*‘Heidelberg university in Germany. The decree of the court gives Dr. Stone the custody of their minor child, Richard, aged 18.