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

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■ARCHIVES u Cop))righted iqi4 hy J. W. A. BROWN Spirit Publishing Co. Printers Binders Punxsuta ' tOney. Pa.

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TKe 1914 Instano

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i I i i i i I i i In tl-ie early sixties tKe plan of tKis institution was con- ceived and tKe first money, some tvJenty thousand dollars, v: ' as subscribed in i86q. In 1871 it as recognized b tKe state, tKrougK an act of tKe General Assembly, but it was not opened until May 17, 1875. So tKeyears of Indiana no number tKirty- nine. TKe acKievements of tKose years make a long stor ). At times one marvels at tKe propKetic foresigKt wKicK tKe men r o founded tKis scKool displa ed, vjKen tKey felt tKe need of sucK an institution and cKose its present location. Again one some- times wonders if it wlere not tKe Kand of God made manifest tKrougK tKe Kands of man. Be tKat as it may, one cannot but feel after Kaving lived Kere for a time, tKat no more advantageous location could Kave been cKosen. TKe beauty of its encircling Kills forms an appropriate setting for a scKool of tKis nature. To tKe cKance Visitor tKey offer an impressive scene. TKen tKere is anotKer conception to tKose vJKo linger witK us, wKo stay long enougK to feel tKe influence of an atmospKere pregnant uiitK true scKool life. To tKe latter class tKere comes, sooner or later, a mystic sometKing, invisible, indescribable, yet neOertKe- less potent and real. WKat tKis force ma ) be no one can tell. WKatsoever it may be it gives a love for Indiana tKat is un- doubtedly tKe most valued Keritage tKat its Alma Mater can transmit to Ker sons and daugKters. It is a birtK-rigKt vCKicK tKe ) may carr ) w itK tKem to tKe end of life itsself, and v?KicK, if tKey ever Kold in due reverence, and listen to its teacKings, will add new luster to Ker name. J. n. A. B. %mmmmm r r r v i