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

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THE 1916 INSTANO We hiivc ciuli ' iivdml to pnrti-.iy those h:ii.|.ri ties; to i-eHeet the iiiins.le.1 joys :iu(l sornms. vi -t..i- MiU ' Onii ;ni,l While. The yeiirs spent ;it Inclinna hii e l.nmirht int(. years that have molilea anew our lives, ouv liopes ai change can mav. It is oui ' eaniest hope tliat the lUKi Install w days spent at Indiana, and an iiiijKirtant factor in ' ..■ ' iK.tiee—tl :-.,r its staff the ,t vear that xvhich liavc vill liM.st ade. crossed the Ic, .■ars that hi er sense of d, ,ve -ivcii l.irt! ;is vherel)y we mav conti :■ of unswer ' vins loyally t.. rsponsiliility. They ha dshii.s which neither t

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THE 1916 INSTANO COMTEMTS RKKTIXC ( LASSSOXC J! DKDICATION .,rx,.,Ks TlIK BOARD SOPIIOMOKKS K ALMA MATER FRKSHMAX -A. CONTKNTS SPi:CL LS FORKWORI) OROAXIZATIOXS I. S, X. S. HISTORY ATHLETICS JUDGE ELKIXS KRATKRXITIES BOARD OP TRISTKHS DRAMA THE YEA It 19I.V1G SOCIETY FAcrLTV LITERARY ALUMXl LITERALLY SEXIORS ADVERTISEMEXTS CLASS POEM

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THE 1916 INSTANO I. 5. N. S. HISTORY The lihni of this liistitutidll v;is conccivoil in the sixties, tlie lii-st ry, some twenty flmnsMnd ildll.-ii ' s, lieiii- sulisi-rilied for its ri.nn.linu ' m lsi;!l. The lii ' st re.-o.jiiitidii i.y llie Simile w;is thr.iu ;li an ael ol ' llie Ceneral Asseiiihly in 1S71, but the selicidl was n„t o|kmum1 until .May 17. IST. ' i. Its lirsl principal was Dr. K. 1 ,. Knirtiel.l. who afterwards, as the tirst ClianeeH.n- .if the I ' niversity of NelirasUa. so hiriicly inlluen -ed the future of that iu.stitution. AnuniK the uotablo men present upon the opening day of the school was one of Pennsylvania ' s most laiiioiis e.lurlalors. then State Superintendent of Publie Instruction, James P. Wiekersham, who stated in liis pulilic address that it uas his opiinou lliat In- diana ' s first building was the hirsiest, finest and Ijest-planned structure devoted lo nm-nial school education in tlie liiite.l States. A monument to its founders, that bnildini;- .still stands, and in honor of the first president of the board of trustees, it is kn..wn as .l.ihn Sutton Hall. and consisted of a liasemeii! an.l three slories. In February. IIIOII. (his l.uildiiiti ' burned t.i the ground. There wei-e excellent fiir The ruins were not cold before the trustees were plaunin- fcjr a hij-j;er and better d.nanitory foi ' our younj; ' men. and in Janu- ary, 1907, the Indiana boys took possession nf mw of the best school residences for men in the state. The buil.line stands mion the site of the old one. but is somewhat lar-ei ' . and is known as Clark Hall, in hon.u ' ..f the boai ' d ' s secon l President, the late Justice Silas M. Clark, of the Supr me court. In 1893, also, the board erected, to the northward of the main buildin-, the Model School, and named it in honor of their third president, the A. M. Wilson Hall. This huildin- contains eight larire. aii-y classr.ioms. with ample j.layrooms in the basement for use on stormy days. The year 1903 marked a sti ' .mL; advance in Indiana ' s material equii)ment. The Kecitation Hall was then erected. It stands just to the south of Wilson Hall, completing the east wing of the qitadranKle. A stately structure, it is one of the most beautiful on the campus. The dimensions are a frontae-e nf one hun.lred and thiity i ' eet and a (li ' plh of one hundred and twenty-three. The Iraild- ins is th, ' school proper of the Normal, and contains twenty-foui ' lai--e recitation ro.mis. The ti ' U.stees honored themselves by nam- iiifl this l)uildins after one of (mi- most wiilely known and nu)st faithful teachers. Jane E. Leonard.