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

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. ■ ■ . , 1 9 2 2 1 I STh Jlustano I | stJ fN o ai I ■ A • ■ ■ 2ioar of Srusters .Mk. Juiix S. FisiiEK Mrs. Jamks .Mack Mr. S. IM. Jack Mr. Johx A. Scott Mr. Thomas Sutton Mk- Kalimi Mooreiii-ad .Mi;. W. S. Daugiikrty Mrs Gi ' .orgk J. Fkit JUDGE J. N. LaXGIIAM President JNIr. Tno rAS Suttox J ' ice Presideiil AIu. Juiix S. Fisher Secretary M r. J . Wood Cf.akk Treasurer Mr. II.vrrv W ' jiit!.. |r. —21 —

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■ ■ f — f i. m. 5C. - Htstoni You, oh school, have certain things that need to be a I ' drl of the present. Giir them to us and Zi ' c ivil! so Zi ' rite tJiciii on tin- tablets of the heart that to knozu them zvill be to cherisli them. The curtain of menKiry lifts, ami snatches of the history of our Alma Alater are revealed. We see an institute gathering in Indiana, and we hear much discussion of |)Ians for better eelucation. Soon after, in 1869, a subscription of $20,000 is raised for the establishment of a State Normal School for the i)urpose of de eloping and training teachers. In 1871, the (General Assembly recognizes the school. On May 17. 1875. two hundred t enty-ti e eager stu- dents meet for the first time at Indiana. It is a notable day. Great men from all over the state are here. There is a hush of expectancy as Hon. James P. ' ickersham, State Sui)erin- tendent of Public Instruction, rises to make his addres.s ; as he pronounces the building of I. S. N. S. to be the best of its kind in the United States, there is a feeling of jnide in the hearts of the audience. .Memory shows us this single structure — t)f ample size and furnished in the most a])] roved manner, warmed b ' steam and lighted by gas throughout ; and thus is secured against all dirt and danger incident to a hundred fires and especially attendant upon the use of coal oil. .Ml the rooms are in this one house: class rooms, model school rooms, |iri- vate rooms, dining room, e ' erything. Dr. v.. 15. Fairlield ajipears as the first principal ; we see our helo ed Miss Leonard, the |)receptress, holding the first class of the school. Indiana State Normal -23—