Crawfordsville High School - Athenian Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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i-A . ,c ,M ,, K N- af ff X figs, . i .iw viwi .rn QM as XXX xVk1l7ilSl1 College. an outstanding liberal arts school for boys, was established in 1832. just nine years after the town of Crawfordsyille was incorporated. Caleb Mills, the first acting professor of NValJasli and the first state superintendent of public instruction. is known as the father of education in Indiana. ln one hundred and iitteen years of VVabasli College history, many graduates have made notable contribntions to literature, art. statesmanship, and educa- tion. YVe pay tribute to YVabasli College. whose educational stan- dards lielped earn for Crawfordsyille the title. the uAtlicns of Indianaf,

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XX. ,' ,f X . , x -Q- f if 7 , S . L., ..,,..f xv, I -wx . KV X .y ua f I I l 1 '9' ..---J--- ' v ' 5 Important in county. state. and national history is the nalne of Henry Smith Lane. Following illustrious military service in the Mcxican YVar, llenry Lane became Governor of Indiana and United States Senator. ln 1860 he was instrumental in the nomina- tion of Abraham Lincoln for President. The Lane Home, head- quarters of the Nlontgoxnery County Historical Society, is an impor- tant historical monument in Crawforclsville. XVe pay trihnte to Henry Smith Lane, Whose statesmanship contrihntcd to the cityls title. the Athens of Inclianaf'

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-ln' 1 As il public institution C1'awtorclsx'illc High School is seventy- tour ycurs old. The first high school building. at thrcc story sqiuirc brick structure with ll dome. was crcctcd in 1873. Following ll fire- in 1892, the school was rcbuilt in thc same year. The pre-scut building was constructed in 1910, with the ucwcst addition bc-ing built iu 1939. In thrcc quarters of 21 ccutury. Crawfoulsvillc High School has maiutaiuccl high cclucutiomil staudurcls for thc vouth in thc i'Athcns of Illfliilllllfl i