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

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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

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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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the guest of honor. Many flowers filled the building, and it was decorated with the national colors. In 1910 the dining-room was enlarged by an addition seating over two hundred people. A dinner was given in the new dining-room to which the architects, the contractors, the trustees, and their wives were invited. What is now known as Recreation Hall was formerly the dining-room. In 1914 the North Annex of the girls ' dormitory housing seventy girls was built. In the same year the ambulatory around Recreation Hall was made, giving a comfortably furnished place for the enjoyment of those who do not care to dance. Plans for necessary improvements were made, and in 1908 new electric fixtures, and a cold storage plant were placed in the school. In 1916 the new library took the place of the girls ' dormitory on the first floor of the new annex. This was a decided improvement and added materially to the equipment of the school. During the year 1915 an addition was made which doubled the housing capacity of the North Annex. Many of the classes of the institution have presented their Alma Mater with valuable gifts. The class of 1893 placed a stained glass window in Leonard Hall, and the classes of ' 95 and ' 96 followed suit, with the result that there are three beautiful stained glass windows in that building, repre- senting Art, Music, and Literature, respectively. The class of 1897 pre- sented the chapel clock; that of 1903, the sun dial; and of 1917, the library clock. The drinking fountains on the first and second floors of Sutton Hall were the gift of the class of 1908. In 1920 the entire ownership and control of the school passed to the State of Pennsylvania. In 1923, Clark Hall became a girls ' dormitory, and the boys were placed in town in homes selected by the school. In 1927 a new Physical Education building was begun on the West Campus, and it now stands completed, devoted solely to the interests of health and physical education. Besides the changes that have been made in equipment and buildings, Indiana has advanced decidedly in other ways. From the old-fashioned publication of a long-past day comes the edict, Mixed groups of ladies and gentlemen are not to stand in the corridors conversing. Today we walk about the campus in happy companionship, enjoying the privileges of a more modern conception of social life. The most important step in the development of the school is the change from a Normal School to a Teachers College of Class A rating, offering a degree in education in each of its five courses. Students and alumni of Indiana may well be proud of the purposeful progress which their Alma Mater has made, and every indication points to the fact that Indiana will continue to widen her Broadening Trail. I:k-vi-n