Borden High School - Echoes Yearbook (Borden, IN)

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Merle Trainor Claude C. Craig Anna Louise Campbell 7W Borden, Indiana Canterbury College - A. B. Central Normal College Indiana University Indiana State Teachers College Kathematics and Science Hanover, Indiana Hanover College - B. S. English and Physical Education Scottsburg, Indiana Purdue University Major Daily Production in Agriculture Jeffersonville, Indiana Canterbury College Lindsey Wilson Junior College Junior High and High School Physical Education Hazard, Kentucky Western State Teachers College -Bo S. Home Economics and Related Sciences Borden, Indiana Butler University - B. M. Music, Junior High English, and Geography . X Mrs. Pauline Wertz John L. Hollenbach Betty Bowers

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AWWoi .Borden and the Borden Institute In the midst of a secluded valley of the Silver Hills lies the little village of Borden, nestling so peacefully among the wooded hills with the Silver Creek flowing by and carrying with it no suggestion of those far away days of hardships and sacrifices. About the year 1816, John Borden, Jr. from Rhode Island, journeyed to Indiana, and located upon several tracts of land in Wbod Township, County of Clark, where he platted a small village of a few blocks, the lines of which ran parallel and at right angles to Silver Creek, now falsely called Muddy Fork. This he named New Providence in honor of the most important city of his native state. Among the earliest settlers were John wood, after whom the township was named; Henry Dow; James Braman; William Packwood; Samuel Halett;John, James, and Thomas McKinley. But it was the Borden Family that played the outstanding part in the annals of New Providence. The most persistent member of this family was William W. Borden, whose personality is indelibly impressed upon the town, its institutions, and the people. The school advantages were restricted, and public schools were unknown. A subscription school was formed each year for the fall and winter. Such schools were not graded, nor were the textbooks uniform. The first school that William W. Borden attended in 1818, was held in a log cabin, built in the shape of a triangle. The floors and seats were of pundheons. The writing desk, consisting of a board resting on pins driven into logs, was arranged near the window, and there only was writing to be allowed. The second school was put up in 1827; and the third in 1868. Finally William W. Borden learned much that was to be learned in this village school. He then went to Salem, Indiana, to become a student in the washington County Seminary. After three years at the Seminary, he went to the University of Bloomington, Indiana, where he finished his education. Believing that a liberal education is the best preparation for the struggles of life, he encouraged the erection of a college building in his native town, New Providence. It was the Borden Institute, located on the crest of a hill in an immense park. The history of Borden Institute is largely embodied in the life and spirit of its founder. It should be remembered that it was he who first conceived this glorious enterprise. His clear and powerful mind planned and organized it in every detail; and his generous nature almost wholly supported it. ' The Borden Institute seems to have materialized from the New Providence Normal that was established Aprilz 1883, and incorporated January 10,188h. During the spring and summer of 188L, actual work on the building was begun, and the corner stone was laid September 6,188h. The dedication of Borden Institute took place on July h, 1885. Thus the Institute was launched in the spirit of high ideals and came into existence with the best of motives which