RED BRICK
RETROSPECT
“IF JOHN PURDUE COULD SEE US NOW!” reads this cartoon by John T. McCutcheon (S’1889, HDR LA’1926) that appeared in the May 1924 issue of Purdue Alumnus magazine.
The university celebrated a semicentennial in 1924, 50 years after the first classes were held. In 1874, the campus consisted of a handful of buildings, six instructors, and 39 students. By 1924, more than 3,400 students were in attendance, and the campus had grown to more than 20 buildings.
In his message to students in the 1924 Debris, President Edward C. Elliott (HDR E’47) had this to say about the past and future of Purdue:
This year we celebrate the pioneer. It is the time appointed to pay homage to those humble leaders whose foresight and labor and sacrifice guaranteed to this generation the priceless heritage of Purdue University....
Life grows larger each year. With each passing day, more is expected and more demanded from all of those who have possessed the opportunities of Purdue....
As long as there are dreams of a better day for selves, for children, for state and nation, men will labor for a Purdue University of greater strength and greater achievement….These are the new pioneers for the building of a Purdue University once old and always new.
RETROSPECT
“IF JOHN PURDUE COULD SEE US NOW!” reads this cartoon by John T. McCutcheon (S’1889, HDR LA’1926) that appeared in the May 1924 issue of Purdue Alumnus magazine.
The university celebrated a semicentennial in 1924, 50 years after the first classes were held. In 1874, the campus consisted of a handful of buildings, six instructors, and 39 students. By 1924, more than 3,400 students were in attendance, and the campus had grown to more than 20 buildings.
In his message to students in the 1924 Debris, President Edward C. Elliott (HDR E’47) had this to say about the past and future of Purdue:
This year we celebrate the pioneer. It is the time appointed to pay homage to those humble leaders whose foresight and labor and sacrifice guaranteed to this generation the priceless heritage of Purdue University....
Life grows larger each year. With each passing day, more is expected and more demanded from all of those who have possessed the opportunities of Purdue....
As long as there are dreams of a better day for selves, for children, for state and nation, men will labor for a Purdue University of greater strength and greater achievement….These are the new pioneers for the building of a Purdue University once old and always new.
POSTSCRIPT
Never was there a finer feeling of good fellowship among Purdue people the world over. Never before did the big family of Purdue alumni radiate so much “good will to men.” The spirit of unselfishness was never more in evidence. We appreciate more than ever what our university has done for us, and we have dedicated our efforts to her welfare.
—Joseph Emmett Hall (CE’1906)
Purdue Alumni Association President
December 1924
POSTSCRIPT
Never was there a finer feeling of good fellowship among Purdue people the world over. Never before did the big family of Purdue alumni radiate so much “good will to men.” The spirit of unselfishness was never more in evidence. We appreciate more than ever what our university has done for us, and we have dedicated our efforts to her welfare.
—Joseph Emmett Hall (CE’1906)
Purdue Alumni Association President
December 1924
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