People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1895 — Opening of Indiana University [ARTICLE]

Opening of Indiana University

The seventy-second year of Indiana University atßloomington, Ind., began under most favorable cicumstances. The enrollment to date is near seven hundred and President Swan estimates that this number will be increased by two hundred during year. The six buildings, including the magnificent Kirkwood hall recently erected, and dedicated with appropriate ceremonies, in which Governor Matthews took a prominent part, are crowded with eager and industrious students. The faculty is larger and stronger than evey before, and the number of departments has been increased. One among the several additions in the way of work offered, is that of a course in journalism. The mistakes made in the past by those who have attempted to teach boys “how to run a newspaper.” by simply drilling them in rhetoric have, in this case,been avoided. Mr. N W. Stephenson, in charge of the work, is a practical newspaper man of wide experience and recognized ability. Before his appointment to Indiana University he was on the editorial staff of the Cincinnati Tribune, where he steadily won promotion. While he believes that an editor must master hjs profession lagely in the real work of an offiice, yet he thinks that many valuable hints and helps can be given in the class room. Further the full course purposes mainly to be only a broad and liberal preparation for practical work, by no means a substitute for it. The proposed course includes study in English, history, political theory, constitutional history and economics.

This plan can not fail to attract attention and receive approval as an enterprising effort to respond to new educational demands as they arise. Its further development will be watched with much interest, especially by the newspaper men of the State. Ruling prices at Rensselaer Oct. 3: Wheat, 45c@50c $ bu; corn, 26@>27c bu; oats. 15@17c sbu; rye. 30c per bu; hay, $7.50 @9.00. The finest crayon portraits procurable are the ones offered by the Pilot as premiums at a cost less than the price of the bare frames. If you have a photograph of any of your departed loved ones this is your chance to get a fine, large crayon in an elegant frame. See advertisement.