Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 294, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1919 — INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S OLDEST ALUMNUS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

INDIANA UNIVERSITY'S OLDEST ALUMNUS

One of the interesting reminescences in connection with the Centennial celebration of Indiana University scheduled for next spring relates to John Maxwell Cowan, now

a resident of Springfield, Mo., who is the oldest living alumnus of the state institution. He was born on Dec. 6, 1821, in the northern part of the city of Indianapolis, when the settlement was housed in a few log cabins. Mr. Cowan was probably the first male white child born in the capital city. Mr. Cowan was graduated from Indiana University with the class of 1845. He is now at his ninety-eighth milestone, but he is in remarkable physical condition, except that his sight is rather imperfect.