New Harmony High School - Jester Yearbook (New Harmony, IN)

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NEW HANMUNY, INDIANA r . - Qsmws 'fig' ! INDIANQULS' -3-M ' V.. - I Jn.-W I N D I A N A u.Lmoxs 0 cf... es.-f.. I -f-no-v : '3'sf.r--.qfu - C N A vs-use uma- - ci' ' 6 N O snows O f ' I sf lem N Onlw O ,,,,,,,,,,, cw-ef., J :f ' ' ,IEW Qunnf-of 'L -',,,,,, L J f MW roufswrl 0.4. ' nv lunuolvr an 1 o own- in in Z Q :WM VANSWL L E i. ., Om- - ....,,.g t ofa-V 'gg ,i ' t ...am rms., ,W ...W M, .,.. Q ...fam ...L 0 'i':. .,.,, M s oum ,,, C --gy fm KJ. Q.:,,,.-. ENTUC , .uf - .--- po,-Um sl, cl -ar .V 'ff EL uri u.,f.-4 4 ..-4.1, my, H. ---.--------.-.....,,, N -- T ..- ,,-jr . fm... ,mmf M. ' ' J ' cami'- fnsff-f fg 1'? NA5HWLLg Clfw-an 2 TENNES EE mn Q '-... f f NEW HARMONY is located on U. S. Highway 460, twenty-five miles from Evansville, Indiana, which is serviced by Delta, Allegheny, and Eastern Airlines. ACCOMMODATIONS Camping area - 15 sites - Murphy Park, New Harmony. Phone 812-682-4846. Primitive camping at Harmonie State Recrea- tion Area, 6M miles southwest of New Harmony on Camp Pohoka road. Western Hills Motel - 15 miles distant - Mt. Vernon, Indiana. 4 Seasons Motel, Mt. Vernon, Indiana. FOUR RESTAURANTS - New Harmony. CONDUCFED TOURS AVAILABLE An old railroad station house, purchased and moved by the New Harmony Jaycees in 1968 to the former site of the Rappite Tavem hotel on U. S. 460 in DOWNTOWN NEW HARMONY, serves as a VISITOR INFORMATION CEN'I'ER. Open daily 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., May 1 to November 1. ISSUED BY NEW HARMONY TOURIST COUNCIL For further information write New Harmony TOll1'lSt Council .Time 1971 H R 0 Y Southern Indiana, U.S.A. The spectacular effect of the blossoming of the GOLDEN RAIN TREES adds to the beauty of late June in New Harmony. The name, which 'rived with the Seeds from the Orient, its natural .., describes the shower of golden petals .dch occurs after the blossoms mature. The local name Gate Tree resulted when Thomas Say, who received the seeds from William Maclure, planted them at the gate to his house. TWO EXPERIMENTS IN COMMUNAL LIV- ING were attempted in New Harmony. THE FIRST 11814-18245 A group from Wurttem- berg, Germany, who prospered under the leadership of George Rapp and his adopted son Frederick. Their adoption of the millenarian theory and the Upremillennial advent of Christ being close at hand marked them as dissenters from the German Luther- an Church. The Harmonists practiced celibacy, a state not forced upon them but rather presented to them as a desirable condition consistent with their purpose to live like the early Christians. The Harmonists completely pooled their assets and then shared equally from the benefits derived from their activities. THE SECOND C1824-18265 A group under the leadership of Robert Owen, a Welch social re- former who purchased the community from the Harmonists, and William Maclure, a Scotch-born Philadelphia educator who invested a large Sum of money in the experiment. Their purpose was to create universal happiness through universal education. They chose to establish their commu- nity in America where the expression of thought was free. I

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if i um- YWVNW A AF' W--A-A-----mAgway.-QA,-l---,,.i,-,L.,,,,.N-A,,,.,.-....,..,.a,,..-..,.n.. ..ia..,.n....1-..i.z...n.nm.u1m Owen and Maclure succeeded in attracting to New Harmony leading scientists and educators from Europe and the educational centers of the United States. One large group, who assembled at Pittsburgh to travel by keel boat to New Har- mony. came to be known as the BOATLOAD OF KNOWLEDGE. Their achievements at New Harmony include: The establishment of the FIRST FREE PUB- LIC SCHOOL SYSTEM in America: the FIRST FREE LIBRARY in America: the FIRST IGN- DERGAR'I'EN in America: the FIRST INFANT SCHOOL in America: the FIRST TRADE SCHOOL in America: the FIRST WOMAN'S CLUB WITH A WRITTEN CONSTITUTION in America: the FIRST CIVIC DRAMATIC CLUB in America. New Harmony was the SEAT OF THE FIRST GEO- LOGICAL SURVEY IN THE UNITED STATES. It is notable that in 1824 in New Harmony boys and girls had equal access to education. i The WORKINGMENS INSTITUTE was en- dowed in 1838 by its founder, William Maclure, for the self improvement of those who work with their hands. Their present building, given by Dr. Edward Murphy in 1893, houses a LIBRARY, MUSEUM and ART GALLERY. Open daily year- round excepting Sunday and Monday. Library hours: 10 am. to 5 p.m. Museum and Art Gal- lery hours: 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Museum and Art Gallery open Sundays 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., May to November. Adults 25c. Children 10c. The WEST DOOR of the school building is the original north door of the Harmonist Church which occupied the site. The f-arfsing is the work of Fred- erick Rapp. The GOLDEN ROSE, prophet Micah's sym- boi of the coming Millen- nium, became the device Of the Harmonists as their be- lief in the imminent second coming of Christ set them apart from their neighbors. 'ff .mf ff W ffif aaa W f ff ay at If .I al 'VW' I! ,iffy W, S 5 7,1 41 fizifef- f, a I , , , , .V..,, ' :w i ..-ff' 6:2-M W , ,, , .. ,...., ,. .I .. ,. ,.t,,, , ,,.,,, , me V' af-LL. 'f f ff ard- wwf 1 :QM -V ff' .f': ,.'.1ma1 ' 1 3' wr. V- w f, -, - PM if 4 if, , fri. 1 , 1 . . . A ,Wf a - az yfe:f,,1.- :.' 44411 fy! fp' ti 12 J , ., fcjywf :.gf' :fm .fg,4f:1i, .,1 ,,. . nf -gif gy ucv. .,,i,.-,z-if Q 'fprisfr r,'.ff1,f.,::f.l,,, - aw, .,.w ti,-, Q: ' - . 2, ' ' --,il 67f ' 1-14 , T f' '-v?- +T'3i1aa1Z':Sf3 - '-Z:x f' 1 - ,- ' ' . 5 4 f1,,,.,. 4. .7 ,. , .9 .L 5 7, ,1 1 1 M ,ff , 1 4114. 4 4 4 Q 4 7 ,ln eng f fm ,M f, if 1.4, ff Q 5 if The OLD FAUNTLEROY HOME, a Harmonist frame house, became outstanding during the Owen regime as the birthplace of the MINERVA SO- c1'f-:'rY, the first woman's ciub in America with a written constitution. Its furnishings include many interesting and historical pieces. Indiana DePBl'f' ment of Natural Resources. Hours: 9 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. daily, May to November: 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., November to May, excepting Mondays, Christmas, and New Year's. Adults 25c. Children under 12 free. In 1874 the Harmonists from Economy, Penn- sylvania, dismantled their New Harmony church whi-ch was in a bad state of repair and with the brick built the wall around their CEMETERY. Two hundred thirty of their members who died while in New Harmony are buried in unmarked. uniform graves as final testimony to their belief in equality. The POET'S HOUSE, built by the Harmonists about 1816, was restored in 1960 by the Robert Lee Blaffer Trust. Not open to the public. This HARMONIST HOUSE has been restored by the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in the State of Indiana to show a typical one family dwelling. There is also a small museum room. Open May to November, daily excepting Monday, 10 a.m. to 12 noon, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Adults 35c. Children and students, 10c.