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American academic (1814?1875)
Cyrus Nutt
(September 4, 1814 ? August 24, 1875) served as the fifth president of
Indiana University
.
Biography
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Cyrus Nutt was born in
Southington Township, Trumbull County, Ohio
on September 4, 1814. His father was James Nutt and his mother was Mary Viets who married in 1806. Cyrus was the second son, with one brother and two sisters who all lived in a
log cabin
on a piece of land next to a large farm belonging James father-in-law.
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Cyrus Nutt graduated from
Allegheny College
(B.A. 1836).
and became a professor of languages at Asbury (now
DePauw
) University (1837-1845), pastor of
Methodist Episcopal church
in Bloomington (1845), professor of Greek at Asbury University (1846-1849), president of Fort Wayne Female College (1849-1850), president of Whitewater College (1850-1855), professor of mathematics and acting president at Asbury University (1857-1860).
In 1860, Nutt was elected president of
Indiana University
. During his presidency, the University attempted to create an agricultural and mechanical school under the terms of the
Morrill Act
, though by 1869
Purdue
was established as the land grant college of Indiana. In 1867, the board of trustees voted to admit women to classes, and around the same time the university experienced the beginning of organized athletics with students embracing the game of baseball. The junior and senior-class-controlled newspaper The Student also was founded that year.
The final years of Nutt’s presidency saw growing tensions with students, though the reasons are unknown. Students published a bogus newspaper in March 1873 titled The Dagger in which they attacked Nutt. In June 1875, Nutt retired from his position at the university and died on August 24, 1875, from
remittent fever
.
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He was buried in the
Forest Hill Cemetery
in
Greencastle, Indiana
.
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Works
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Several of Nutt's baccalaureate sermons were published.
Notes
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Nutt, Merle C. (1973).
The Nutt Family
. Phoenix, Arizona. pp. 28?83.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
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"Death of the Rev. Dr. Cyrus Nutt"
.
Lawrence Daily Journal
. August 24, 1875. p. 2 – via
Newspapers.com
.
Indianapolis, Aug. 23. Rev. Cyrus Nutt, D.D., for fifteen years president of the Indiana University at Bloomington, died at that place this morning from remittent fever. Dr. Nutt was one of the most successful educators in this country, and long held a position in the front rank among prominent thinkers and writers of the M.E. church.
- ^
Loong, Stephanie Yee (2003).
"Cyrus Nutt"
.
DePauw University: A Pictorial History
.
DePauw University
.
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