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

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in llic iiDKiii.il bo.irJ i.l 11 wn w in I I ' hnKiiv ' I. IHH7, wc IdsI a frieiul who hi ' lil iKilhinn Inil his honor loo niin:h lo ki l- Io ihc msliliilion to which he hail ile- (ilril Ml nian w. x ol lo al mt kt. It Is lo Ihc uisdoni anil unilfil t-lloil ol Mii:h men lli.it ihi- markeil prosperitv aiiil MKCi ' ss ol ilu- slIiooI Is iliii ' I hi ' ha e aKva s been a ' aily to Ki e time anil work to Ihe school uilhoul an ihounlil o| compensation. I ' hey have labored wears ' ila s anil iiiKhls to ornani e and adminisler its alFairs, and this man - times under ureal stress of circumstances The ha e borne ureal burdens voluntarily and Krandl - Our success has been won h - their alor. labor and sacrifice. It is the prize of their well mei ili-d icIor In the Slimmer ol lS7(i l)r I airlield. ihe lirsi principal of the school, resiRneil, ■. nt. accepted the chancellorship of the I ni ersit - of Nebraska, A man of learninu and power the Doctor was. hut he knew little about the manasement of a Pcnns l- vania Normal School, While here he collected ! ;i.(lll(l for chemical apparatus, and throuKh him the lion lulward S, Golden and others presented the fine bell which haiiKs in the cu|iol.i . l.iiu of our old students will recall sweet Nellie lairlield. who died not lonn alter le.iMiin us, ,ind .Mrs I airlield, and Major Bolar. Assistant in ,M.ilhenialics. .iiul lliram Collier, ihe r.ire and accomplished Professor of Chemistry and l ' h sics. all since passed to the land of shadows, Besides Professors Collier and Holar. Mrs. Col. Porter, formerly Miss Butler, Principal of the .Model School, is the onl - one of the whole teaching force of thirteen years not still living. David .M. Sensenig, M. S., who had previously held the chair of Mathematics, u.is Dr I ' airfield ' s successor. The Professor was a superior and inspiring teacher, bill llie more ,;rieil duties and larger responsibilities of a principal were distasteful to hini. and his lieallh f.iiling. he declined re-election in the summer of 1S7.S. Dr. John II. 1 rench was chosen to succeed Professor Sensenig. Dr. Trench had been Slate Superintendent of Sch H)ls in ' ermont, had written several text-books, hild been a successful instructor in the State Normal School at .Mban.N ' , N. .. and in the one at .Mansfield. Pa., and at teachers ' institutes in this state and elsewhere. Dr. and ,Mrs. I ' rench made a fine and deep impression upon the school, especiall upon its social and religious character. rhe remained connected with the school three ears. Dr. Trench ' s successor, in October of 1S.S1, was Professor Leonard II. Durling. Professor Durling is an Ohio man, was educated at the Wesleyan I ' niversity. in {Delaware, Ohio, and afterwards graduated and taught at the National Normal L ni- ersit ' , at Lebanon, in the same state. Ti e years later he was elected Professor of Natural Science in the Central High School, at Pittsburgh, which position he held until elected Superintendent of the schools of . lleghen ( ' it Trom this superin- tendencs ' he came to Indiana. Lnder his management the school has grown steadilx in numbers and influence. Like all institutions which ha e become a permanent success and power, the Indiana Normal School has grown graduallx. The catalogues gi e the following alleiKlance for each ear: ■il-ARS STUDENTS YEARS STUDENTS 1 YEARS STUDENTS KS7S 1 ?0(i 1880 375 1884 522 1870 MU ISSl,.. . 302 I88i. 557 1877 !I14 l.ss. ' . 11 IS,S0, .. i27 1878 lif ISSl 41(1 1, ' 87 Dili iS7P Jlli

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History of the School .1 SI I 1 1 HI III 1 I OS KI) liuli.in.i. Maivli S. ISSS Of Ihe ck ' i-n Sl.ilc Normal SchonU nl l ' fniis K.inia. iiuli.m.i is llu- iuiinc l hill imi ' , and et it is now almost t vtnl scars mikc the iliscusMon aiiioiin the citi- zens that led ti) its estabhshment began. In ISd ' ). some eighteen or twent - thousand dollars were subscribed in aiil of the project, but there the movement stopped. In IS7I an act was passed to aid the Indiana Normal SchtHil similar to the act passed in IS() ' , granting aid to the school of California. Ihe subject was considered at the l ountN Institute held in the fall of 1871. subscriptions were resumed, and from that time Ihe work was pushed forward igorously. Ihe best site in the whole icinit . o erlooking the town, was purchased, plans were adopted, estimates were made. c in- Iracts were consummated, and building was begun On . la ' 17. I.S7t. the sch(H)l was opened. . lan who reail this sketch will re- member that first term. It was ten weeks long and we had 14S students in the Normal School, and W) in the .Model School, . mong the bright and earnest faces that greeted us on that opening da ' were at least two of the contributors to the Ci.iuNiAN. Dr .WcCurds of Philadelphia, and .Miss Brooks of the .MlegheiiN High Sch(x l. Ihe latter was. we remember, the tirst )ung lady who selecteil a room at Indiana. The State recognition look place on 1 rida , ilsi of . la At two o ' clock on the afternoon of that vla a thousand people were galhereil in the chapel to hear the report of the committee of inspection, and to lisieii to tlu-ir words of appro al and congratulation hat a ringing speech .Mr. Wickershani. then Slate Superintendent. iiKule. and we h.kl a taste too of the reall. ' line eloquence of the principal of the School. I:. B I airfield. D D.. 1.1.. D. In the splendid building, completed after so much effort, and in the large number of students alread ' attracted to the school, its friends and the public spirited citizens of the town, began at last to realize their dream of a sch(K)l at Indiana The .Normal School law of lSi7 provided for no State appropriations The friends of these sch(M)ls proposed to appl to them the old Pennsylvania polic of allowing private enterprise to precede State action in the establishment of public institutions, later the State came to their aid. but. with all their required expensive and large equipments. the ' must be in the main self-supporting. This makes the struggles of new schools difiicult. sometimes appalling. I ' rom such struggles Indiana was not exempt: but so determined were the Board of Trustees to shield the school that its reverses and misfortunes were taken up b ' themselves, as far as possible, and borne in silence. It happened more than once that trustees had ever ' dollar lhe personally owned pledged for the honor of the school. The first two and best friends of the institutio.i were John Sutton and Silas .M. Clark. The former was elected President and the latter Secretary- at the first organ- ization of the board, as nearly as we can ascertain, on .May 15. 1872, three ears before the sch(x)l opened. In the death of .Mr Sutton. June ' Hh. 1877. the school sustained a heavy loss. He had devoted himself acluelv to its establishment. gi ing to it largely of his thought and time, and prnate means His sons ha e. since their father ' s death, become members of the board There still remain in the board three of the men who were trustees at the open- ing of the school thirteen ears ago. Silas .M. ( lark. now on the Supreme Bench of the State, but still the wise friend and guiile of the school, . ndrew . Wilson and James K l)aiighert .Mr Joseph K Smith, like .Mr Sutton and Juilge Clark, was

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Leaving iul thf currenl ear then uc lia i ' h.kl i.tll-t tlllll•nls in alleiulanco I he number of graduates is ?H: of these 2111 were l.ulies, aiul 1(H were gentlemen Of these graduates all have taught but IS. man of them for M er.il eais. and a very large maj ril ' of them are still engaged in teachnig Of llie IS who never taught onl - () refrained from doing so from choice, the oilier-, being deterred b death or other unavoidable circumstances. The number of graduates who ha e been professors in Normal Schools and ( olleges is (i e: the number who have been (;ount - Superintendents, is three, the number who ha e been principals of graded and high schools, is twenl -: the number besides these who ha e taught in graded and high schools, is two hundred and forl Quite a number of our graduates after leaching a number of ears slud some other profession, . mong these, eighteen ha e become lawyers, eight tioctors. se en min- isters, three editors, four missionaries The whole number now teaching or engaged in educational work, as nearl as 1 can ascertain, is one hundreil and ninet -six ladies and se ent -()ne gentlemen It has been charged that the Stale loses monev b the earh withilrawal of the ladv graduates of the Normal Schools from the profession. The incorrectness of such a criticism ma - be seen from the following statement: The entire number of lads ' graduates is 210; of these, i are dead aid H) are married, leaving a balance of ISd li ing and unmarried The whole number of our lad. ' graduates now teaching or attending school is ISO. It is thus seen that a larger proportion of them, including those withdrawing from school work on account of marriage, remain in the profession of teaching than of gentlemen: anil it must be a ery blind and stupid econom that does not realize the advantage to the State of putting this culture and educalion:il training into the lamilv and social life of a neighborhood Not alone the number of our ludenls. but ihe character of (jur pahonage is a matter of congratulation. It has been the constant aim of the trustees to furnish such accommodations anil to emplov such teachers as would attract the mi re ambitious, thoughtful, and cultivated students of western Pennsv Ivania. In this lhe have succeeded. The health record of the school is one of the most remarkable features of its history, ' our girls are the pictures of perfect health. is a remark often made bv visitors. Delicate girls coming here almost ahvavs grow stronger. This comes partlv from our good fortune and partlv from our earnest effort The building stands on a hill where it is swept by the freshest of breezes, and where we have pleat v of light and sunshine, and pure air and pure water without stint. . nil then we require regular habits, and gvmnastics. and out-door exercise, and last but not least, plentv of hard work. .Almost thirteen years have passed, and over i.OOO students have received training here, vet until within a few days of the writing of this article there had been but little severe illness, and never a single death in the school. .Vliss Mary Louise Dithridge died of scarlet fever. March t. ISSS. Memorial services were held for her in the chapel, the Sabbath following, in the presence of the students and citizens of the town, clergymen of the leading churches officiating Improvements in methods of teaching in all the departments have been pronipllv made. Toward this end recourse has been freel.v had. Ironi time to lime, lo Ihe leading (Colleges and Normal Schools of the Countrv to (ill the different vacancies that have occurred in the department of instruction. Improvements in grounds and building have come more slowly but not less surelv. When we, who have been here from the (irst. remembering how in that .Mav of IS7i. when fresh from our budding rosebeds in Lancaster countv. we looked about on the rockv batterv that surrounded our new building, and wondered if we should he able to grow even a geranium on