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

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1' CYRIL C CONNELLY EMMA AGNES SMITH Bookkeeper and Registrar Secretary to the President LAI'RA J. BARKER JOSEBELLE FERGUSON Assistant Bookkeeper and Registrar Assistant Bookkeeper and Registrar

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EVA M. DAVIS JOY MUCHMORE, A. B. Grades Three and Four Grades One and Two Vineennes High School. Indiana State Indiana State Normal School, A. B. Wis- Normal School. Experience in the Vincennes consin Universityl Columbia University. public schools and the Evansville Training School. Chicago. Eh? Efraining $rhnnl Normal Training School was founded in 1870 in connection with Normal proper. The first director was Mr. Funnels who very successfully maintained the work in the eighth grades. The succeeding directors were Profs. Sandison, Charman, Welborn, and Miss Te- lulah Robinson, who is acting head in the absence of Mr. Welborn. Since 1907 the school has been a department of Indiana State Normal and entirely under its management, the present building having been built two years earlier. For- merly, the school, as a part of the City system, could admit only children belonging in its district. At present time any child is eligible, except for the fact that only eighteen are admitted into each grade. The course of study is similar to that pursued by the state, throughout the eight grades and the high school. The purpose of the training school has been and still is, to furnish opportunity for students preparing to teach, to observe and teach under supervision.

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4 .- ar- . II II I- I I II C. I. a-. illihrarg ARTHUR CUNNIquAM, A. M. Librarian and Professor of Library Science DePauw University, A. B,, 1887, A. M., 1890. Instructor in Latin Department, DePauW, 1884-1890, As- sistant Librarian, DePauW, 1887- 1890. Indiana State Normal School Library Since 1890. Thirty-fiVe years, experience in library work. Member of the American Library Association. Charter member of the Indiana Library Association. Nnrmal Eihmrg Indiana State Normal Library was established January 6, 1870, although its equip ment then was meagre. Through the munificence 0f Chauncey Rose, a public-Spirited Cit- izen of Terre Haute, the hooks rapidly increased to four thousand volumes. Following the destruction of the school and library, by fire, in 1888, the city and state appropriated money for rebuilding, some of Which was used for library purposes. Through the efforts of Pres. Parsons and the board of trustees, progress Was rapid and Steady. Miss Helen Gilbert, now Mrs Robert Gillum, Was librarian from 18851890. 111 1890 Mr. Arthur Cunningham, assistant librarian at DePauW University, was appointed librarian of Indiana State Normal. Since 1892 the library has been a department of instruction and the position of libra- rian, a member of the faculty, a precedent established in the leading universities of the country. In 1909 the handsome library, on Eagle Street, was completed and to it were trans- ferred the fifty thousand volumes. Since that time the number of bound books has in- creased to more than eighty thousand volumes, beside several thousand pamphlets and mounted pictures. The school also subscribed to some three hundred and fifty periodi- cals. The students are thus given full and free access to the largest and best collection of reference books anywhere to be found. Although the administration encourages self-de- pendency, five librarians are ready to assist When resources fail. This library is maintained by a library fund created by the levying of a library fee of three dollars, the only general fee charged in the school. This fee yields an income of eight thousand dollars annually.