Jasper County Democrat, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1902 — PURDUE UNIVERSITY AT LAFAYETTE [ARTICLE]

PURDUE UNIVERSITY AT LAFAYETTE

Purdue university at Lafayette, the institute of technology for the state. Is generally admitted to be one of the strongeet Institutions of Its kind found In the United Staten The course of study Is so arranged as to give the students attending at once the benefits of a practical training In the mechanical sciences and the best that may be had In mathematic*, science, literature and art In the class room the student learns the theory of mechanical, civil and electrical englneer-

tag and pharmacy, and with this theory be 1 m taken Into the great laboratory and given the opportunity to apply hie theories in a practical manner. The laboratories of Purdue are celebrated among those Interested In the character of work touched upon, for their praettbUlty, their thoroughness and the modern methods which characterise them. The university draws upon legislative appropriations and an endowment fund of (840,000. Besides It has a government annuity of (25,000. The property, land and material of the university are valued at (660,000. There Is nothing In the way of financial embarrassment to prevent the school from developing Into one of the greatest schools of its kind in the world. There is never a year when the university does not make Improvements. To properly describe ths various laboratories that contributs so* much to the celebrity of the school would require columns. Suffice it to say that no school In the nation la better equipped for the character of work don* • Provision has been made so that worthy students without the necessary means can secure an education through employment furnished in the college shops on Saturdays, on the college farm or through scholarships. One of the latest scholarships offered was recently established by Mr. and Mrs. B. E. Perkins of Indianapolis In memory of their son, Volney, a young man of brilliant promise, who died while pursuing his studies In the university. There are no necessary social expenses to be Incurred since the students are supposed to be there to work. * No one Is looked down upon because of proverty. However, the university does not neglect to furnish the student body with means of social diversions that are calculated to combine pleasure with profitable work. There are four literary soclties devoted to literary discussion, debates and general forensics, the Irving, the Phllalethean, the Carlyle and the Emersonian. Each has commodious quarters, comfortably furnished. The student body represent i every section of the state and many student* attracted by the superior advantages of the school, come from different states of the union.