Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 August 1916 — Dr. John P. D. John Dies [ARTICLE]

Dr. John P. D. John Dies

Greencastle, Ind., August 7. John P. D. John, 73 years old, former president of DePauw university, and one o: the best known Methodist lecturers and educators in the country, died here today of hardening of the arteries. Dr. John came to DePauw, then Asbury college, in 1882 as a teacher of mathematicsHe became president in 18S9 and served until 1893, when he resigned.