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

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JANE E. LEONARD ]Miss .hiiir !• . rii ' iui;iril is oiii ' ' tlu ' lnn t wiili ' ly known and honored women of Pciiiis l ;iiii:i. She w.is li(ii-n in l.cnnai-d. ne.-u Cleiii-ficld. Pennsyl- ;ini;i. l cnnai ' d s shilioii, i.ci ' UMi ' d llrusr Mild llic Lconiii ' d j;r;idc l si ' hool.s are triices (if the work .il ' lici- r.-ilhrr :ind Iii-oIIi.ts. Tile .■liiii ,nid nrl ol ' .Miss I iKinl ' s life is llial nf a tcarlicr. She has .s]iciit alni(,sl llir whdli ' of hri- lairr lil ' i ' in , [ ' llir leading Xornial Schools of the Slalc: lii ' .sl as a slndcnl. and llicn as a ti-acher in the Normal School af lillci ' sxilli ' . Laler when I lie Xornial Sclionl ;it Indiana was fonnded .sill ' was railed llici ' i ' . and has rcniaiiicd cxTr sinrr. holdiiiii- the dtlii ' i ' of jirepep- tri ' ss as well as ai-tinu ' as iiisl riiclnr. She has seen the selwml iirow gradually frmii thirty hoanh-rs the fii-st yeai of its existence — the winter cif 187. ) — ' to more than a thousand students now. Xo one can ever estimate the intluenee that Miss Leonard exerts over the students, especially her (rirls. by whom she is atfeetionately termed Aunt .l.aiic. ' She has lu ' lpi ' d them to fi ;riii liifrher ideals and live better lives. Jliss Leonard looks upon what .she may have done for Indiana as her life ' s work, and the lionoi- and the esteem of its students as her life ' s reward.

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JANE E. LEONARD

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The Pennsywania State sJormal School Histor)) ' rile [ilari ( r this liisi itiilic :i w; s ciuii-iMvrd in tlir sixtii ' s. the first money, some twenty tlionsjuiil (ioll;iiN. Iicinjr snhscrilicd t ' of its t i)nnilin ' in IS(il). Tlii ' first rciMiiriiition Wy the Stiiti- ;is thriin,i;li : n Mrt of tlir (!enrr;ii Assrnilil.v in 1 71. lint tlii ' sell. id was n ' t o|i(MU ' (1 nntil .May 17. 1S7 ). Its tirst |)i ' iiii-i|ial was Div K. B. Faii ' fit ' ld. wiio at ' tcrwafd.s. as the tirst Chaiici ' lloi- nf tln ' I ' ni- vi ' i ' sity of XehrasUa. so laf ciy iiirliKMiccil thr fiifufc of that institution. Ainoiiir till ' notalilr men iin-sent npon the (i|ii ' nint;- day nf the si-hool was one lit ' I ' l ' iuisylvania s must t ' amifiis i-diiratm-s. then State Sn|ierinleiideiit nl ' I ' lililic Instui-tiiin. .lames I ' . Wiekersham. who stated in his pnlilie address thai it was his opinion that lndi;ina s first hnildinii- was the laruest. tiiiest and liesl- planned striietni ' e de -oteii tn noianal seluiol edneation in the I ' nited Stales. . . ' iionnment to its fnnnders. that hnildiiiLr still stands, and in Iuhhi!- nf the tirst pfesideid iif the hiiard of trustees, it is knnwn as .John Snttun Hall. in 1SII:1 thei-e was ereeted npon iiur eampns a lirieh i-esith-m-e foi- men students. The hnildine- was forty iy ime hundred feet, and eonsisted nf a base ment and three sti ries. Jn Fehruary. lIKlli. this huildine; Imrned to thi ' jjroiUKl. There were exfell. ' lit tire e.seapes. sd not inl - were no lives lost, hut (here were no serious injuries. The ruins were n.it enld hefore the tlMlstees Weri ' plauuilie foi- :i lal-jrel ' and hettei ' dor-mitnr ' tor mir . ' ouii»i: men. a;iil in -lanuary. 1!HI7. the Indiana hi ' ys took possession of one of the l)est .sehool resiilenri ' s foi- men in the State. The huildinir stands npim the siti id ' the old one. hut is snmewluit lar :er. and is known as Clark Hall, in honor if the hoard ' s seennd president, the late Justiee Silas .M. Clark, nf the Supreme Uerieh. In l !i:!. alsit the heard ererinl. to the northward of the main huildinj;. 22 ° SgM( ' S@®51 ° SS ' iU ] . g@(fl ° lF ' @Ug ' g ' £@@5T ° I