Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Oak Yearbook / INSTANO Yearbook (Indiana, PA)

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JAMES E. AMENT, LL. D. In tlie last six years there has been a marked develop- ment along many lines in the Indiana Normal School. The institution has l)een transfi)niied from tlie in ' dinary Normal with six hundred students into ;i wide-awake, pro- gressive school of one thousand students. This progress is in a large measure due to the untiring efforts of the present Principal. Dr. Anient. Coming to ns from the .Middh ' West, he is well pre- pared to understand the needs of such a school as this, and he has made good u- e (d ' his ideas. His jiower as an execu- tive is inniMial. His oratorical ability iiiul per.sua.sive man- ner have enabled him to exert a great, influence upon the local and state auth(n-ities of the school and consequently he has not been handicapped liy consiTvativc parties. His knowledge of the hmiian mind leads lii.n to understand the needs of young people who are striving to get an education. He is not growing old. Tie thoroughly appreciates the dc- su-es of normal school students and grants them thos( privileges which tend lo their social and intelliM ' t iial de- velopmi ' ul. Keali .ing tlnit oin- cilueation docs not all come from 1c i books, he has made tiic si-hool bcautifid by adorning the balls with pictni ' cs and statuary, and has wrought nian changes which add to tin. ' slu lcnts ' coml ' ort and I ' njoymcnt.

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JAMES E. AMENT, LL. D.

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William J. Jack, A. B.. M. A.