▁ 2 4 ; ▁ 2 4 % ▁were ▁from ▁ 2 5 ▁to ▁ 4 4 ; ▁ 2 5 . 2 % ▁were ▁from ▁ 4 5 ▁to ▁ 6 4 ; ▁and ▁ 1 6 . 8 % ▁were ▁ 6 5 ▁years ▁of ▁age ▁or ▁older . ▁The ▁gender ▁make up ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁was ▁ 4 8 . 5 % ▁male ▁and ▁ 5 1 . 5 % ▁female . ▁ ▁August ana ▁College ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 4 , ▁August ana ▁College ▁moved ▁from ▁Bel oit , ▁Iowa , ▁to ▁C anton . ▁ ▁An ▁elementary ▁through ▁high ▁school ▁was ▁also ▁built ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁August ana ' s ▁re location , ▁and ▁educated ▁the ▁intern ation ally ▁known ▁phys ic ist ▁Mer le ▁Tu ve , ▁and ▁brothers ▁John ▁Lawrence ▁and ▁Ernest ▁Lawrence . ▁ ▁August ana ▁strugg led ▁in ▁C anton ▁until ▁Anthony ▁G . ▁Tu ve ▁became ▁president ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 0 . ▁Att endance ▁double d , ▁but ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁c rop ▁fail ures ▁soon ▁followed . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 4 , ▁the ▁Church ▁Syn od ▁with h eld ▁appropri ations . ▁President ▁Tu ve ▁assumed ▁all ▁financial ▁oblig ations ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁keep ▁the ▁school ▁open . ▁After ▁the ▁crisis , ▁August ana ▁prosper ed ▁and ▁soon ▁out g rew ▁its ▁building . ▁The ▁building ▁was ▁moved ▁in ▁ 1 9 0 1 . ▁ ▁Then , ▁in ▁ 1 9