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Wabash College
Motto: Scientiae et Virtuti
Knowledge and virtue
Established: 1832
Type: private all-male
Endowment: $413 million [1]
President: Dr. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group The date of establishment or date of founding of an Institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point Year 1832 ( MDCCCXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Unlike Public universities, private universities generally do not receive direct operational funding from national or subnational governments and thus rely on private A financial endowment is a Transfer of Money or Property donated to an Institution, usually with the stipulation that it be invested University president is the title of the highest ranking officer within a University, within university systems that prefer that appellation over other variations such as Patrick E. White
Faculty: 90
Students: 950
Undergraduates: 950
Location: Crawfordsville, IN, USA
Campus: large town: 60 acres (0. A faculty is a division within a University. The concept of a university with different faculties for different subjects dates back to Al-Azhar University, which had The word student is etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation Verb "studēre" In some Educational systems undergraduate education is Post-secondary education up to the level of a Bachelor's degree. Crawfordsville is a city in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. The State of Indiana ( was the 19th US state admitted into the union The United States of America —commonly referred to as the 24 km²)
Athletics: 10 Division III NCAA teams
Colors: Scarlet
Nickname: Little Giants
Mascot:
Wally Wabash
Website: www.wabash.edu

Wabash College is a small, private, liberal arts college for men, located in Crawfordsville, Indiana. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations School colors are the Colors chosen by a School to represent it on uniforms and other items of identification Scarlet (from the Persian säqirlāt) is a Red Color with a hue that is somewhat toward the orange. The athletic nickname, or equivalently athletic moniker, of a University or College within the United States is the name officially adopted by The term mascot – defined as a term for any person animal or object thought to bring Luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Liberal arts colleges in the United States are institutions of Higher education in the United States. Men's colleges in the United States are primarily Undergraduate, Bachelor's degree -granting institutions that admit Men exclusively Crawfordsville is a city in Montgomery County, Indiana, United States. Along with Hampden-Sydney College, Deep Springs College, and Morehouse College, Wabash is one of only four remaining mainstream all-men's liberal arts colleges in the United States. Hampden-Sydney College is a liberal arts college for men located in Hampden-Sydney Virginia. Deep Springs is a private, all-male, alternative college in Deep Springs California Morehouse College is a private, all-male, historically black college located in Atlanta, Georgia. Men's colleges in the United States are primarily Undergraduate, Bachelor's degree -granting institutions that admit Men exclusively

In 2008, Forbes magazine ranked Wabash as the tenth best liberal arts college in the US. Forbes is an American Publishing and media company Its flagship publication Forbes magazine is published bi-weekly [2]

Wabash College is listed in Loren Pope's Colleges That Change Lives. Loren Pope (July 13 1910 &ndash September 23 2008 was an American writer and independent college placement counselor Colleges That Change Lives is a college educational guide by Loren Pope.

Contents

History

Wabash College was founded in 1832 by a number of men including several Dartmouth College graduates. Dartmouth College ( is a private, Coeducational University located in Hanover, New Hampshire, U It was originally called "The Wabash Teachers Seminary and Manual Labor College. " In the early days a large number of students, deficient in credits, were required to attend the "Preparatory School" of Wabash. [1]

Caleb Mills, the first faculty member, would later come to be known as the father of the Indiana public education system and would work throughout his life to improve education in the Mississippi Valley area. Caleb Mills (1806-1879 was an American educator and the first faculty member of Wabash College in Crawfordsville Indiana. The Mississippi River is the second longest River in the United States, with a length of from its source in Lake Itasca in Minnesota to Patterning it after the liberal arts colleges of New England, they resolved "that the institution be at first a classical and English high school, rising into a college as soon as the wants of the country demand. History See also History of New England New England's earliest inhabitants were Algonquian -speaking Native Americans including the " After declaring the site at which they were standing would be the location of the new school, they knelt in the snow and conducted a dedication service. Although Mills, like many of the founders, was a Presbyterian minister, they were committed that Wabash should be independent and non-sectarian. Presbyterianism is a family of Christian denominations within the Reformed branch of Protestant Western Christianity An independent school is a school which is not dependent upon national or local Government for financing its operation and is instead operated by tuition charges gifts and Nonsectarian, in its most literal sense refers to a lack of Sectarianism.

Elihu Baldwin was the first President of Wabash from 1835 until 1840. He came from a New York City church and accepted the Presidency even though he knew that Wabash was threatened with bankruptcy. He met the challenge and gave thorough study to the "liberal arts program" at Wabash. After his death, he was succeeded by Charles White, a graduate of Dartmouth College, and the brother-in-law of Edmund O. Hovey, a professor at the college. [2]

Joseph F. Tuttle, after whom Tuttle Grade School in Crawfordsville was named in 1906, (and Tuttle Middle School in 1960), became President of Wabash College in 1862 and served for 30 years. "He was an eloquent preacher, a sound administrator and an astute handler of public relations. " Joseph Tuttle, together with his administrators, worked to improve relations in Crawfordsville between "Town and Gown. "[3]

Endowment

A substantial endowment places Wabash amongst the top 120 colleges and universities in the nation, and on a per-student basis, amongst the top 25. [4] This endowment drives a generous scholarship program. The benefactors who have funded this endowment include the pharmaceutical industrialist Eli Lilly, the company he founded, and his heirs. A business magnate, sometimes referred to as a mogul, tycoon, baron, or industrialist, is a person who has reached a prominent place in Colonel Eli Lilly (July 8 1838&ndashJune 6 1898 was a Soldier, Pharmaceutical Chemist, and Industrialist, founder of the eponymous The school's library is named after Lilly.

Student Government

The student government, referred to collectively as the Student Body of Wabash College, comprises executive and legislative branches. In Political science and Constitutional law, the executive is the branch of government responsible for the day-to-day management of the State. A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation

The executive authority of the Student Body is vested in a President and Vice-President who chair the Senior Council and Student Senate, respectively. They are ex officio, non-voting members of the branches that they do not chair. C D E The President has broad powers of appointment over all Senate standing committees. The Vice-President possesses a tiebreaking vote in the Student Senate.

The Student Senate of Wabash College is the legislative authority, consisting of representatives from each residence hall and fraternity, four representatives from each of the three underclasses, and the chairmen of the Senate's standing committees. A legislature is a type of representative Deliberative assembly with the power to create amend and change Laws The law created by a legislature is called Legislation The body of approximately 32 voting members manages an annual budget of over $350,000. 00, allocating funds and setting guidelines for recognized associations. The Senate also serves as a general student forum. The Senate's standing committees are the Audit and Finance Committee, the Board of Publications, and the Constitution, Bylaw, and Policy Review Committee. The duties of the first two committees are self-explanatory; the third serves as a non-partisan resource for drafting legislative proposals; it is also empowered to adjudicate constitutional disputes and is occasionally called upon to evaluate proposed legislation.

The Senior Council of Wabash College is a special quasi-legislative body comprising the presidents of certain student organizations and self-selected at-large members. The Senior Council is responsible for representing student concerns to the faculty and administration, as well as fostering campus unity and maintaining proper regard for college traditions.

The student government does not include a judicial branch. In Law, the judiciary or judicial system is the system of Courts which administer Justice in the name of the sovereign or State Power to interpret the Constitution of the Student Body of Wabash College is vested in the legislature; questions of interpretation are generally delegated to the Constitution, Bylaw, and Policy Review Committee.

Athletics

The school's sports teams are called the Little Giants. They participate in the NCAA's Division III and in the North Coast Athletic Conference, where they are currently back-to-back-to-back (2005-2007) NCAC football champions. The National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA, often pronounced "N-C-Double-A" is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions conferences organizations Member schools The league currently has 10 full members See also Five Colleges of Ohio Every year since 1911, Wabash College has played rival DePauw University in a football game called the Monon Bell Classic. DePauw University in Greencastle Indiana, USA is a private national liberal arts college with an enrollment of approximately 2400 students The Monon Bell (pronounced MOE-non is the trophy awarded to the victor of the annual college football matchup between the DePauw University Tigers (in Greencastle Wabash College is a member of the Great Lakes Colleges Association. The Great Lakes Colleges Association, Inc (GLCA is a consortium of eleven Liberal arts colleges located in the U The rallying cheer of Wabash College athletics is "Wabash always fights. " Wabash College competes in Men's Intercollegiate Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Cross Country, Golf, Football, Soccer, Swimming & Diving and Wrestling.

Football at Wabash dates back to 1884, when head coach Edwin R. Taber assembled a team and defeated Butler University by a score of 4-0. American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Edwin R Taber was the first head College football coach for the Wabash College Little Giants located in Crawfordsville Indiana and he held that position Butler University is a private Liberal arts University in Indianapolis, Indiana. The current head football coach is Erik Raeburn who replaced Chris Creighton after completion of the 2007 season. Erik Raeburn is a College football coach in the United States. Christopher W Creighton is a College football coach in the United States Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

Monon Bell Classic

Voted "Indiana's Best College Sports Rivalry" by viewers of ESPN in 2005, DePauw University and Wabash College play each November -- in the last regular season football game of the year for both teams -- for the right to keep or reclaim the Monon Bell. The two teams first met in 1890. In 1932, the Monon Railroad donated its approximately 300-pound locomotive bell to be offered as the prize to the winning team each year. The series is as close as an historic rivalry can be: Wabash leads the all-time series 53-52-9; since the Monon Bell was introduced, DePauw has a 35-34-6 edge. The game routinely sells out (up to 11,000 seats, depending upon the venue and seating arrangement) and has been televised by ABC, ESPN2, and HDNet (where it will appear for the next three years, 2007-2010). Each year, alumni from both schools gather at more than 50 locations around the United States for telecast parties, and a commemorative DVD (including historic clips known as "Monon Memories") is produced each year. The most recent Monon Bell game, played on November 10, 2007, concluded with a last-second, 47-yard field goal resulting in a DePauw victory.

In 1999, GQ listed the Monon Bell game as reason #3 on its "50 Reasons Why College Football is Better Than Pro Football" list.

Alumni

Business

Politics

Media & The Arts

Military

Law

Sports

Medicine

Academia

Fraternities

The Greek system is a major presence at Wabash; between 60-65 percent of students are members of one of the campus' ten fraternities. Anesthesia, or anaesthesia (see spelling differences; from Greek grc αν- an-, "without" and grc αἲσθησις Thomas Marshall Ostrom (March 1 1936 - May 16 1994 was a Psychologist who helped further the study of Social psychology. Social psychology is the study of how people and groups interact George J Graham Jr, was a political theorist who trained generations of political scientists at Vanderbilt University. This is a list of political philosophers, including some who may be better known for their work in other areas of philosophy Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal Unlike virtually all other schools, all fraternity members--including pledges--live in the fraternity houses by default. While most Wabash fraternities allow juniors and seniors to live outside the house, the majority of Greek students live in their respective house all four years. This has led to the odd circumstance of a college with fewer than 1000 students being dotted with Greek houses of a size appropriate to campuses ten times Wabash's size.

Fraternity rush at Wabash begins before the academic year. Fraternities and sororities (from the Latin words la frater and la soror, meaning "brother" and "sister" respectively are fraternal During March, students accepted for the coming year are invited to the campus for Honor Scholar Weekend, during which they take a battery of exams and compete for scholarship money. A scholarship is an award of access to an institution or a financial aid award for an individual student scholar for the purpose of furthering their Education The students are distributed among the ten fraternities, where they stay during their visit. In the evenings following the day's testing, the fraternities and the Independent Men's Association host a variety of parties and events open to all. Fraternities are allowed to offer bids to prospectives starting that weekend, and rush runs through summer until it concludes one week after school begins. Upon accepting a bid, the pledge is then housed in the corresponding fraternity house. As many pledges accept over the summer, it is quite possible for a freshman never to see the inside of a dorm room. A freshman, fresher, fish, or frosh is a first-year student in an educational institution Dormitory typically refers in the United States to residence halls which are sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for

List of fraternities

Wabash in fiction and popular culture

Wabash College has, despite its small size, been referred to in several cultural contexts:

Fiction


Film and Television

Miscellaneous

On Wabash

- Byron K. Trippet '30, Ninth President of Wabash College

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ Gronert: pg 30-31, 107
  2. ^ Gronert: pg 66-67
  3. ^ Gronert: pg 205-206
  4. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._colleges_and_universities_by_endowment#Endowment_per_student
  5. ^ College of Liberal Arts - Purdue Univ

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