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

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Since thai lime the facilities of the college have been constantly improved. Ncm- build- ings, designed for a complete educational pro- gram, have been added. After the school had been taken over by the Commonwealth in 1927. important changes in curriculum were made, the most significant being the addition of four special fields of study — Art, Music, Home Economics, and Business Education. In May. 1927. the school became a State Teach- ers College with the right to grant degrees. Plans for the future include further improve- nient. A new dormitory for uiftTT iiruc r ed on the Elkin property; fire hazards i John Sutton hall, the music conser ator dining room, and cottage will be elimiaat( ' l and the kitchen refrigeration service vill modernized. ill In this year of our seventy-fifth annivef we are proud of the progress that has be achieved. We are proud to dedicate this issue of THE OAK to those who contributed to this progress.

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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.

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