Bloomsburg University - Obiter Yearbook (Bloomsburg, PA)

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% f A •T State N ' ORMAL Sghoo;L. Sixth district: blooms burg pentn YESTERDAY Nearly a centur - ago, when electricit ' , automobiles, hard surface roads and other luxuries common to us to-da - were either unheard ot or still in their infancy, our State Teachers College of the present had its beginning as a private academy. It was founded in 1839 by C. P. Waller, a graduate ot W ' lllaims College. In 1856 D. J. ' aller drew up a charter which was subscribed to by worth)- citizens of Bloomsburg and which provided that the school be known as the Bloomsburg Literary Institute tor the promotion ot education in the ordinary and higher branches of English Literature, Science and the .Ancient and Modern languages. In 1866 Henrv Carver of Binghamton, New ' ork taught the school. His unusual influence and personality had much to do with molding its early policies. His foresight in the possibilities of the institution and insistence upon the necessity for a new building, led to the erection of the present Carver Hall, which was dedi- cated with gala observance by the townspeople April 4, 1867. The outlay tor this building was ?1 5,000. The money, for the bell which still hangs in the beltry ot Carver Hall to-day, and calls the students of 1930 to their classes was raised by public subscription by I)a id ]. Waller, jr., (Jeorge F.. KIwell and Charles I ' nangst in a single week. The first faculty compriseti l rofessor Carver, teacher ot mathematics and higher English, Rev. J. R. Dimm, teacher ot Latin and (ircek, and Miss Sarah Carver, teacher ot the lower English Branches. Thirlv