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

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THE HISTORY OF I. S. N. 5. At tlic TcacluM-s Tiistilulo in riidiniia in ISII!) aini I.S71 1lic first |ilnns I ' or a iKii ' inal scliiiol at Indiana were coneoived, antl, the idea once resolvt ' d upon, the normal scliool rapidly o-rew into a re ality. One of the most beautiful loeations; in the town was seleeted foi ' the new school and masons and carpenters were soon at work. Indiana State Normal School was rormally o])eiHMl on Jlay 17, ISTf), and a dislin ' jfuished speaker of the day dechired it to l)e the fim ' st huildiuf? of its kind in the country. The oi ' ii)inal building, althonjih now ■j;reatly enlarged, still stands, as a monument to its founders, ami in honor of the tirsi president of the board of trustees is called John Sutton Hall. If the old building eovild speak to us what stories it would have to tell of the first years of I. S. N, S., when everyone lived and went to classes in the one building; when there were more boys tlian girls, when every- one had to rise at 6 a. m., when each student had to sweep his room daily, be present at Chapel exereises every morning, and was wai-ned again.st boxes of eats from home! In those days Boises Xenoi)hon ' s Anabasis was used in the class rooms, and after successfully passing the state boards the student received a degree of Bachelor of the Elements, or after two yeai ' s additional study. Master of the Elements, The tirst ]n-incipal, E, B. Eaii ' field, later Chancellor of the University of Nebraska, did much for the .school. The trustees laboi ' cd against adverse criti- cism at first, for they had on theii ' hands no small undertaking. Before this institution could receive any aid from the state the school had to be Iniilt and in- clude a chapel seating at least six hundred. Through the efforts of that first board of trustees and their own private funds our school and chapel were built. The ideal of the originators was high, the building nnusually large, the furnishings costly. Soon, however, the school was established on a firm finan- cial basis and took its place, second to none in the state. The growth of the school was gradual and continual and by 1877 the stu- dents numbered 304, Improvements were made on the campus and in the rooms. iiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiii I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii I iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiii iiiiiiiiii mill mini inn imiminii iinMmiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiin i 29

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jWEMBEES of the faculty— Continued Mary O. Wkiuht ...Instructor of Public School Music Perish the thought. C. J. Miller Instructor of Stringed Instruments We ' ll place it on a strong financial basis. Charlotte B. Nkff Sight Singi)iy iind Dictation ' 1 don ' t like to get stung so often. Wn.LiAM F. Smith Head Athletic Coach What can I do for you. Arminta M. ilcIiANE Librarian Alice M. West „. Assistant Lilnarian ' ■.liimnie has red hair. Jennie M. Ackekman Supervisor of Model School ' ' Don ' t forget. Tell me first. I forgot ' is no excuse. ' ' lloi ' E Stewar ' I ' , ]M. B Critic Tiachcr Take that down. AcdiE L.WTON St LIS Critic Teacher Class, what ' s all this noise about? Amy Okay Critic Tidclur Now you had better write that down. IvIrs. C. E . MooDE y - - Critic Teacher I wonder if the mail is in. Malvina (iakman Kiddle, Pd. B Critic Teacher ■■(rirls. were you at church Sunday morning ? An- swer: Yes, Mrs. Kiddle. And Vespers Sunday niglit? Answer: Yes. Iis. Riddle. Mary L. Esch „ , Registrar That will be all right. Frances M. Burke Secretary to the Principal You will find it in my desk in the top drawer in the left hand side. Eliz. beth H. Eastlake Secreianj to Preceptress Now }-ou had better see Miss Leonard E. I). Race Steward These meals cost aou ten cents each and not a d cent more. ihiiiuiiiiiinjiiiiJiujiiiiiuiiiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiiiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiilliiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiriii 28

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Lawn tennis, crociuet and baseball were provideil for aniusoiiuMit.s outside and a complete gyninasinm was fitted up within the building. Tn 1S7S-79 a change in courses was uuide and liesides the Kleuteutai ' X and Scientific there w-ere the Commercial, ( ollegc and Music courses. The same year a lecture course, including a lecture on Shoddy by Rev. i). K. Ncsbitt, of Pitts- burffh and ten illustrated lectures on Natural History l)y the Hon. Thomas Bar- low, of New York, was given for the benefit of the stuilcnis. The next year a reference library and reading i-ooui was fitted out and the literary societies were formed. The lirsl inalcriai addition to the scliool ivas in 1 S!);!, wheu a bo - ' s doi ' uii- Idi ' y was erci ' lecl ou llie cam])us. The building liurucd in 1!)07, and was comph ' tely destroyed but no lives were lost anil the ruins were hardly cold before a larger and l)etter building for the boys was being ]ilanned. The new building was called Silas iM. Clarke Hall in honor of tlie board ' s second jiresidcnt. Tn IS!):! a [odel School, containing eigtit large and airy rooms, was erect- ed on the uorthei-n i)ai ' t of the camjius and called A. V. Wilson Hall after the third president of the boai ' d. The next additiims were in UK):?, when the reci- ' tation hall was ei ' ected l)ctwi en the model school and John Sutton Hall, and called after the first and only jireceptress of 1. S. N. S.. our beloved fiss Leon- ard. The same year saw the addition of a wing at the west of John Sutton Hall, known as Thomas Sutton Hall, and containing the conservatory, dining room, kitchens and laundry. The Fornu ' r dining room was then turned into Recrea- tion Hall. Many imi)rovements have been made sinee then, including an expensive ])ower plant, the ambulatory to Recreation Hall and annexes to the dormitoi ' y which provided many fine rooms for the girls as well as a new library. All of these things greatly modified and improved the apjiearaiu ' e of the school, but perhaps the greatest changes have been gradual ones, or improvement in little things that have in the end made Indiana Normal the splendid and beautiful institution that it is. One telephone booth was where the Red Room now is, and not so long ago the Blue Room served as a kitchen for the girls ' iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimii I I I mil iiiiiiiiii mil i iimiimimiimimiimii imiimimiimimiimimmiiimiimimiimimiimiim miimiimiimimiii miimi 30