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

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Contents Page W. A. A. ------- 256 Travelers Club ----.. 258 Poetry Club ------- 260 Pen and Scroll ----.. 262 Alpha Omega Geographers - - - 264 Mother Goose Club - - - . . 266 Y. M. C. A. - - - . . . .268 Y. W. C. A. - - - . . . .270 Newman Club ----... 272 Fraternities Kappa Delta Pi - - - . . . 276 Gamma Rho Tau ...... 278 Alpha Phi Gamma ----- 279 Omega Chi ------- 280 Phi Alpha Zeta ------ 282 Alpha Sigma Alpha - - . . . 284 Alpha Sigma Tau ------ 286 Delta Sigma Epsilon ----- 288 Sigma Sigma Sigma - - - . . 290 Features --------- 295 Advertisements -------- 317 Autographs --------- 347 Nine

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Contents Page Dedication --------- 7 History ---------- 10 Campus Scenes -------- 13 Administration -------- 29 Faculty ---------- 37 In Memoriam -----.---54 Students ---------- 59 Extra-Curricular Activities Music ----..-.- 202 Dramatics --- 2O8 Athletics -------- 2I6 Organizations Oak Staff ------- 234 Indiana Penn ------- 236 Junior Class ------- 238 Sophomore Class ------ 240 Freshman Class ------ 242 Prigrind ------- 244 Intermediate Club ------ 246 Junior-Senior High School Club - - - 248 Art Club -------- 250 Junior Chamber of Commerce - - - 252 Home Economics Club ----- 254 Eight

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History When, in the sixties, a small group of people interested in teacher train- ing institutions drew up plans for a school at Indiana, their visions and dreams far exceeded their ability to realize them. About twenty thousand dollars were available in 1869, and with this as a start, the institution began to grow. On May 17, 1875, the school was formally opened. James P. Wicker- sham, then State Superintendent of Public Instruction, was the chief speaker, and he congratulated the founders upon the excellency and dur- ability of that building which still stands as a reminder of the first president of the board of trustees, John Sutton Hall. In 1875 there was an enrollment of 306 students; in 1880, of 375, and in 1885, of 557. The present enrollment of 1400 shows the enormous growth which the school has seen. In 1893 a dormitory for men students was built but was burned to the ground on December 4, 1905. Plans for a new dormitory were immediately begun, and upon its completion, the new building was named Clark Hall, in honor of the boar d ' s second president. Justice Silas M. Clark, of the Supreme Court Bench. The cornerstone was laid on Monday, June 4, 1906, and several prominent men of the town were present as speakers. A tin box containing a baseball with the Indiana-Kiski score on it, the class roll, the list of trustees, the faculty, recent copies of the Indiana Evening Gazette and a Pittsburgh paper, and the picture and biography of the late Hon. Silas M. Clark, was placed in the cornerstone, on the face of which were carved the figures 06. In the same year the Model or Training School, containing eight rooms, was erected to the north of the main building. This building is known as Wilson Hall and was named in honor of the third president of the board of trustees, A. W. Wilson. In 1903 a west wing known as Thomas Sutton Hall was added to the main building. This contained the conservatory, the dining-room, the kitchens, and the laundry. The cornerstone of the new addition was laid by the senior class of 1905 on August 16, 1904. In the box which was placed in the cornerstone were: a photograph of Mr. Thomas Sutton, an Indiana county paper, coins, the names of the faculty, the class roll, the class colors, orange and black, and a pie, a suggestion of the position the building occu- pied on the campus. During the same year, 1903, a new recitation hall was erected south of Wilson Hall and just between that building and the main structure. It was named Leonard Hall after the first preceptress, Jane E. Leonard, who was a widely known and well-loved figure in the school for many years. The cornerstone of Leonard Hall was laid by the seniors of 1904 on February 23, 1905. A reception was held in the evening at which Miss Leonard was