Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1918 — Purdue May Not Close [ARTICLE]

Purdue May Not Close

Reports that Purdue University will close the first of May have caused a peculiar situation at the university, many students declining to pay fees for the second semester until they are assured the university will remain in session the usual length of time. Recently the faculty recommended that the institution be closed from May 1 to November 1. • A statement was issued Tuesday by President W. E. Stone, saying that great harm was being done by the circulation of reports that the university would close. He said that no such action was contemplated at this time, although it is intended to release a large number of students early in the spring in order that they may engage in agricultural and industrial enterprises.