IC 23-13-19
    Chapter 19. Wabash College

IC 23-13-19-1
Body corporate and politic; appointment of faculty; powers andduties
    Sec. 1. (a) Wabash College is a body corporate and politic that hasperpetual succession.
    (b) The board of trustees of Wabash College shall have power toappoint a faculty in said college consisting of a president, professors,and tutors, as the necessities of the institution may demand. Thefaculty so appointed, by and with the approbation of the board oftrustees, shall have power to grant and confer such degrees in theliberal arts and sciences as are usually granted and conferred in othercolleges in the United States. However, no degrees shall beconferred, or diplomas granted, except to students who have acquiredthe same proficiency in the liberal arts and sciences as is customaryin other colleges in the United States.
    (c) The board of trustees shall also have power to:
        (1) contract, and be contracted with;
        (2) acquire, hold, enjoy, and transfer property, real or personal,in their corporate capacity;
        (3) have and use a common seal, and alter the same at pleasure;
        (4) sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of lawor equity;
        (5) receive and accept any grant, gift, donation, bequest orconveyance, by any person, company, or corporation of anyproperty, real or personal: and hold and enjoy and dispose ofthe same as may be deemed best for the interests of saidcollege;
        (6) make, ordain, establish, and execute such bylaws, rules, andordinances, not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws ofthe United States, or of this state, as they shall deem necessaryfor the welfare of said institution; and
        (7) do all other acts in pursuance thereof necessary for theprosperity of said college.
(Formerly: Acts 1834, c.18, s.1.) As added by Acts 1982, P.L.146,SEC.3.

IC 23-13-19-2
Board of trustees; members; elections; alumni trustees
    Sec. 2. The board of trustees of Wabash College shall consist oftwenty-one (21) members, one (1) of whom shall be the president ofthe college, and whose term of office as trustee shall be of equalduration with his incumbency of the presidency of the college. Theother twenty (20) members shall be elected for a term of four (4)years, in classes of five (5) each year, as the successors of thetrustees whose terms of office will expire in that year. A trustee maysucceed himself in office. All of such elections shall be by a majorityvote of the trustees in office present and voting at the election

meeting. However, two (2) trustees in each even-numbered year andone (1) trustee in each odd-numbered year shall be chosen by thealumni of the college by the process provided in section 3 of thischapter and shall be known as "alumni trustees".
(Formerly: Acts 1834, c.18, s.2; Acts 1851, c.102, s.5; Acts 1901,c.19, s.1,2; Acts 1933, c.197, s.1; Acts 1973, P.L.337, SEC.1; Acts1978, P.L.153, SEC.1.) As added by Acts 1982, P.L.146, SEC.3.

IC 23-13-19-3
Selection of alumni trustees
    Sec. 3. (a) The alumni trustees shall be selected as provided in thissection.
    (b) At the annual meeting of the alumni association of WabashCollege, a committee of canvassers consisting of three (3) alumni, atleast one (1) of whom shall be a resident of Montgomery County,Indiana, shall be elected to serve for the ensuing year and until theirsuccessors are elected. At the first meeting of the board of directorsof the National Association of Wabash Men in the calendar year thatthe alumni trustees or trustees are to be elected, the board shallnominate at least four (4) persons in even-numbered years and atleast three (3) persons in odd-numered years, all of such persons tobe alumni of the college, as its choice of candidates for the positionor positions of alumni trustee to be voted for by the alumni in theelection.
    (c) On the fourth Tuesday of February in each year, the registrarshall mail from Crawfordsville, Indiana, to each alumnus of thecollege a ballot which lists the names of the candidates selected bythe board of directors of the National Association of Wabash Men,along with spaces for two (2) "write-in" candidates in even-numberedyears and a space for a "write-in" candidate in odd-numbered years.The ballot shall also contain information and instructions concerningthe time and manner of voting. Each alumnus is entitled to vote fortwo (2) candidates in even-numbered years, and for one (1) candidatein odd-numbered years. Each alumnus, having designated on hisballot his two (2) choices or his one (1) choice for the positions orposition of alumni trustee, as the case may be, shall sign this ballotand mail it to the committee of canvassers in care of the registrar'soffice, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana. On the fourthTuesday of April in each year, the ballots shall be opened andcanvassed by the committee of canvassers. Within three (3) daysthereafter the committee shall certify to the secretary of the board oftrustees the names of the two (2) candidates in even-numbered yearsand the name of the one (1) candidate in odd-numbered years,receiving the highest number of votes. At its next meeting followingthe fourth Tuesday in April of each year, the board of trustees shallelect to its membership the two (2) candidates or the one (1)candidate, as the case may be, whose names or name has been socertified to the board's secretary by the committee of canvassers.
    (d) If, in any year, for any cause, the alumni fail to select thealumni trustee or trustees as provided in this section, the board of

trustees shall elect, by a majority vote of the trustees in office presentand voting at the election meeting, two (2) alumni in even-numberedyears or one (1) alumnus in odd-numbered years, as the case may be,to serve as alumni trustees of Wabash College. Subject to theprovisions of this chapter, the trustees shall, by a majority vote oftheir number present and voting at the time of such election, electsuccessor trustees in the event of the death or resignation of any oftheir number. Any vacancies so filled shall be for the unexpired termof the trustee whose death or resignation has caused such vacancy.
    (e) The word "alumnus," as used throughout this section, meansany person holding a degree in a course from the college and anyperson who has been in residence at the college one (1) year or more.The word "alumnus" does not include any person actively on therolls of the college as an undergraduate at the time of any annualelection of trustees, or any person without a degree who entered thecollege with a class which has not yet graduated at the time of anyannual election.
(Formerly: Acts 1834, c.18, s.2; Acts 1851, c.102, s.5; Acts 1901,c.19, s.1,2; Acts 1933, c.197, s.1; Acts 1973, P.L.337, SEC.1; Acts1978, P.L.153, SEC.1.) As added by Acts 1982, P.L.146, SEC.3.