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JUL 1920 inSTAMO .Ji!!ilm i! mi ' ' ' i!i SmmsKni vmissM irtfiilmniffih. History of the School III till ' year 1831 three great men helped to e talilish the Pennsylvania school system, George AVolf. the Gov- enor; Thaddens Stephens and Thos. H. Burroughs, who was Superinten- dent of Common Schools. At that time there was a great prejudice against the idea of educa- tion, especially in the Dutfh counties of eastern Pennsylvania. The jjolicy of local option obtained. Law, Physics and Divinity were the three professions at that period. Not until 1857 was a system established for the education of teachers. The State was divided into twelve differ- ent districts, in which norn al schools were to be established as nrivate cor- porations. The Act provided for the erection of liuildings at private ex- pense. The schools were to be built on at least ten acres, and must have a lecture room to seat not less than six hundred people. The pioneer normal school in Pennsylvania was Millers- ville. General Harry White, still a resi- dent of Indiana, from 1863-74 Senator from this district, pre])ared the bill for the founding of this school; it passed in 1871, under the name of the Indiana Pennsylvania Xornial ScIkkiI Siijiplenient giving $2(),()()0 to aid in const nictiiin. . local subscriplion list was liea le(l will: ,l,(l()() by Gen- eral White, followed l)y Wni. I ' anks and .loliii Sutlon. In May, 187l!, the nine original stockholders met to discuss the plans for this institution. Forty-five years ago last May the school met for the first time in Chapel at 2 P. M., with two hundi-ed twenty- five students all in one building. Superintendent Wickersham declared it to lie the tinest normal school in the Slate and perhaps in the United States. Indiana has always been first in the heart of her Board of Trustees, and the school owes much to these men who have been her champions through these years. There were great disad- vantages and financial losses to many of the stockholders because at first the school did not pay. Some ' f the lead- ing women of the town gave their time and toil that the school might live, even making carpets and bedclothes. The Ti-usteeship has been handed down from father to son; seven of the present Board are sons of former members; three of the present Board are graduates of the school. Jane E. Leonard was selected in 1875 by Superintendent Vickersham to fill the office of preceptress. She heard the first class recite at Indiana. She taught many subjects in those days, and did not resign her class- room work altogether until 1919. She is slill our beloved ])i-ecep+ress. Into file liis1oi-y of Indiana are wo ' en her jilans, her ideals, her stand. irds of life and manners.
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TML1920 inSTAMO From the tinu- of its fouiidiui; the school has had a long line of great and able men as guides. Every feature of the school today testifies to the splen- did character of these men. Our first Principal, Edmund R. Faii ' field, IS?. )- ' 76, at one time President of Hillsdale College, Michigan, came to Indiana from a large church in INIansfield, (). He left here to ))ecome Chancellor of the University of Nebraska. He was the original force that made the great strength and influence of that Univer- sity. He died shortly after the twenty-tifth anniversary of the found- ing of Indiana, which celebration he could not attend. After Dr. Fairfield, David M. Sen- senig, Professor of INIathematics in the Noi ' mal School faculty, as- sumed the Princiualship, which he held from 1876 to 1878. He was averse to executive work and left Indiana to go to Swarthniore College, where he sumed the Principalshi]i, which he same liigli standard of excellence. Fi ' oiii Swarthmoi-e he entered the West Chester Normal faculty, where he taught until liis death ;; few years ago. John H. Fi ' ench, tlie tliiid Princijjal. is known for the ' uUure and refine- ment which he and Mrs. Fi ' ench bi-ought to Indiana. Mr. French was the author of a series of texts widely used in those days. Succeeding John TI. Fi ' ench was Leonard II. Durling, 188:i- ' 8!). Dr. Duriing is a fine scholar with high Chi-istian principles. The school grew under his administration; which showed the spiritual c[ualities of its leader. He is now living in Baltimore. From 1889 to 1891 7.. X. Snyder headed the school. He was a power- ful and original thiidvcr and fine exe- cutive. Colorado invited him to be- conu ' Principal of what was her nor- mal school for many years, then in Greely. There he did a great and per- manent work. Dr. Snyder died some years ago. Chas. W. Deane was Princi])al from 1891 to 1893. Dr. Dean was a young man, wide awake, high minded and eainest. He had done (Hlucational work as superintendent of the schools of Des foines, and before coming to Indiana, of ] IcKeesport. He left this school to accept the position of super- intendent of the schools of Bridge- l)ort. Conn., which position he recently resigned. Following Dr. Dean cnme David .Jewett Waller. He held the office of Pi ' incipal longer than any other — thir- teen years. He is a man of great re- finement, piety and learning. His name mentioned anywhere among In- diana students brings foi ' th an umnis- takable acclaim of admiration and love. At present he is the b.ead of the Blooinsburg Normal School. Dr. James E. Anient, 1906-1917, came to us from the West at a time when the school needed large material growth. Under Dr. Anient the school grew mightily in material equipment. He is a teacher of unparalleled skill 26
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