Indiana State University - Sycamore Yearbook (Terre Haute, IN)

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MARY ELINOR MORAN, PH. B. Assistant Professor of Literature Indiana State Normal School, 1890, University of Chicago, Ph. B., 1904. Work on M. A. U. of C. 1910. Study abroad 1912. Eitpraturr, Engliah anh iHuhlir Svptaking CHARLES MADISON CURRY, A. M. Professor of Literature Franklin College, A. B., 1891, A. M., 1896. University of Michigan. Oxford University, Chicago Univer- sity. Indiana State Normal School since 1892. Associated With Profes- sor Stalker in editing 11The Inland Educator. Author of 11A Reading Note Book, 0An Advanced Reader, 9Literary Readings? 9A New Read- ing Note Book, 9The World and Democracy, and joint editor of the Holton-Curry Readers. CHARLES BALDWIN BACON, A. M. Professor of Public Speaking and Reading. Peddie Institute, Highstown, New Jersey. Columbia University, A. B., 1899. Harvard University, A. M., 1900. Postgraduate work at Harv- ard. Three years, Experience in Feddie Institute, Cambridge, Mas- sachusetts High School, as assist- ant instructor in philisophy at Ham- Vard, and in the Normal School, Stevens Point, thonsin, Indiana State Normal School since 1909.

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BERNARD SCIIOCKEL, S. M. Professor of Geography and Geology Indiana State Normal School. University of Chicago, S. B., S. M,, graduate work. Meteorologist, A. E. F., 1918; Special Expert in Commerce, U. S. Shipping Board, 1919. Indiana. State Normal School since 1913. WILLIAM ALLEN MCBETH, A. M. Assistant Professor of Geology and Geog- raphy. Battle Ground Collegiate Inetitute. Indi- ana State Normal School, 1895. Wabash College, Ph. B., 1896, A. M., 1905. Harvard University. Fellow of the Indiana Academy of Science. Member graphic Association. School since 1897. Eepartmpnt nf Igwgmphg nnh $Pulngy In 1870 when this department was established, Miss Amanda P. Funnels gave the in- struction. In 1871-72 Rush Emery was instructor in Natural Sciences and Geography. The following year, when geography was made a separate department, Josiah T. Scovell, A. M., M. D., was given th Chair of Geography. Michael Seiler succeeded Dr. Scovell in 1892. In 1893 Charles R. Dryer, AM. MD., came to the State Normal. as Professor of Geography, in Which position he continued for twenty years, resigning in the fall of 1918. Wm. A. McBeth, Ph. D., became Assistant Prof. January 4, 1897, Which position he has held continuously since that time. Frederick Breeze, head of the Geography Department in the Muncie division, and Melvin K. Davis were assistants, also. A truly scientific spirit early pervaded the geography work. A marked expansion and reorganization of the work began in 1906, at Which time there was a trend away from the purely physical geography to its more humanized aspects. Two aims are uppermost: 111 to provide specific courses to meet the requirements of the State TeachersI Training Board, and I21 to offer a fairly extensive opportunin for training in the spirit and science of geography. 0f the National Geo- Indiana State Normal

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' suit I :I Ili JOHN BENJAMIN WISICLY, A. M, VICTOR C. MlLLEn, A, M. Professor of English Assistant Professor of English Indiana State Normal School, 1885. Cook Indiana State Normal, 1905. Chicago County Normal School, summer, 1886. Mieh- University, A. B., 1912, A. M., 1914. Head of igan University. Indiana University, A. B., the English in the Bluffton High School. 1890, A. M., 1891. Harvard University. Uni- Indiana State Normal School since 1912. versity of California. Experience in the schools of Owen County, the Terre Haute City schools, State Normal School at St. Cloud, Minnesota. Indiana State Normal School since 1894. 18213511111me nf Eiteraturr, English anh iguhlir gweaking In the early years of the Indiana State Normal School whatever was done in the field of Literature seems to have been included in the courses of Reading and Rhetoric. In 1876-77 Benjamin C. Burt became Professor of Orthoepy, Reading, and Literature. Jo- seph Carhart succeeded him in 1878, and the following year the title of the department was Changed to Reading and English Literature. In 1882 the work of the department was divided, Ml'. Carhart retaining the work in Reading, while W. W. Parsons, new president of the school, became Professor of Higher English. Miss Ruth Morris succeeded Mr. Par- sons in 1885, on his election to the presidency. The successors were as follows: Win. B. Woods in 1887; Arnold Tompkins in 1890, and Chas, M. Curry as acting head in 1893, the title being changed to that of department of Reading and Literature. In 1894 the school entered upon an expansion in the course- of study. By 1906 the number of courses had increased to thirteen so the department was again divided, a new department of Reading and Public Speaking being created with Prof. Lardner as head. With the exception of two years spent in advanced study, Prof. Curry has been in contin- uous service since January, 1892. Twenty courses in English and American Literature are now maintained in this department. Miss Mary E. Moran was Chosen as assistant professor in 1894 and still occupies that position. Prof. Charles B. Bacon succeeded Prof. Lardner in the department of Public Speaking and has been with the school ever since. The aim in this department has been to train students in Oral English courses in such a way that they may speak intelligently t0 audi- ences without the faults common to most readers. Miss Mary A. Bruce, the first instructor in English Grammar and Composition, was here at the organization of the school in 1870. The work in this department was allied with that of the other two branches in the early years. Prof. John B. Wisely was ap- pointed as head of the department of English Grammar and Composition in 1894-95, with the assistants Mary J. Anderson and Edith Whitenack. Thomas H. Grosvenor became an assistant professor in 1896. Prof Erie E. Clippinger came to the department in 1906, and remained until the opening of the Muncie division in 1918, when he assumed the head of the English department there. Victor C, Miller became an assistant professor in this de- partment in 1913-14.