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

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CONTENTS . . . Scholars 10 Pedagogues 46 Organizations 60 Athletics 84 Fraternities 102 Highlights 140 Tradesmen 154 Index 188

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-Ik Q The 1950 OAK is a presentation by the students of State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania, this year ob- serving the seventy-fifth anniversary of its founding. Gerald R. Snoke, Editor Charles O. Johnston, Business Manager.

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©Wlh !RIl(e(D!R® a iiiir®®! ' ©mm IliIl(S®Si®» ©w a IP® irsiiFi ©wm. ag ®!!!! — Granville Smith. )ue to the faith, optimism, and hard work ol its leaders. State Teachers College, Indiana, Pennsylvania, has rapidly expanded into one of the finest teacher-training institutions in the Commonwealth. Over a period of seventy- five years the school has maintained unusual- ly high standards. The first recorded reference to the possibility of a state normal school for this district seems to have been in connection with the teacher institutes held in Indiana in 1869 and 1871. Actual work in raising funds for such a school at Indiana was negun m latter year. On May 17, 1875, the first building, now John Sutton hall, named for the president of the first board of trustees, was opened. Four days later, over a thousand citizens of In- diana and nearby counties witnessed the first important day in the history of the school when State Superintendent J. P. Wickersham officially approved the structure. In his ad- dress he referred to the building as the largest, finest and best planned structure of its kind in the United States.