Spiceland High School - Yearbook (Spiceland, IN)

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i endowment fund ; and the machinery was set in motion for incorporating the Academy. The unwinding of the red tape from the intricacies of the Indiana laws relative to such matters, was a tedious process, so that a year elapsed before the final papers were issued. The requirements of the school again called for additional room. A two- story brick building with assembly room and two class rooms on the lower floor, and an auditorium above was made- ready for use in the spring of 1872: Five or six years later, a two-story addition containing four class rooms was built across the east end of the above, the resulting building being in the form of a T. The partition cutting off the class rooms in the older portion were removed, leaving t ie entire lower floor of that portion for an Assembly room. Thus completed, that building served to house the Academy till it was razed to give place to the present modern equipment. It is worthy of note that many of the teacher candidates for the public school took the normal work given here during this period. A lecture course, that brought in some of the best platform talent of the country, was successfully maintained for many years. There were three literary societies organized within the student body that were quite helpful in cultivating oral and written expression. Early in this period these societies started the collection of two libraries. First the Crescents, the older bovs societv, and the Lucernians, the girls society, joined their efforts in one. The Gliscos. another boys societv, interested themselves in another. The funds for the purchase of books were derived from the proceeds of semi- annual entertainments given by the societies. These entertainments consisted al- most entirely of original material by members of the societies, orations, essays, papers, declamations, farces, tableaux, etc. Xo musical interludes for some years. On one occasion the societies appointed a committee to ask the trustees of the church for permission to have two or three songs with organ accompaniment by society talent in approaching entertainment. The first one interviewed, promptly replied: No, boys, but come and ask every time. It is of interest to note that not many years after, the catalogue announced that A competent teacher would give instructions in music. The books assembled by those societies came to make quite a respectable showing ; and together with those of the town stock-company library, constitute the bulk of books now on the library shelves. It was a common practice for students of this period to rent rooms, some- times a small house, and small groups, to board themselves. Almost any citizen of the town would take those who wished to board, at reasonable rates, in order t help along the interest of the Academy. During the period of the 70 ' s, forty-six completed the required course of study. They were distributed in nine classes. One year there were none, one vear only one. The largest number in a class was nine. Thirty-five were males and eleven females. More than forty-one percent taught school before graduat- ing, and seventv-six per cent afterward. Four continued teaching as their life work, ore of whom has been instructor in normal institutions, east and west, has written on the techniciue of teaching, and is author of a history of education. One became a railroad man. One a medical doctor. Six substituted the practice of law for teaching. One has been superintendent of the Academy and president of four colleges. Fourteen have engaged in farming, stock-raising, dairying, and fruit growing. Eight have tried other lines of business. Three were married before graduating and all the others were married af- terward except one woman and one man. The mates of fourteen attended school at Spiceland, and those of four have taught there. Four took post-graduate work in the Academy. Nine took professional work elsewhere. Only one took a regular college course. Nearly seventy per- cent have been affiliated with the church. Two have been ministers. A number have been efficiently engaged in some line of religious activities. A backward look at the problems that have beset the Academy life at every

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turn and the way in which they have been solved should beget courage to meet the growing demands of the forward look and should beget vision and a confi- dence that is a guarantee of the perpetuity of the, Academy for a future of usefulness. — By a Member of the Class of ' 72. GRADUATES OF THE EIGHTIES 1880 Dr. J. Edgar Cloud, Veterinary, San Diego, Cal. William A. Lamb, Practicing Physician, San Francisco, Cal. Mattie Lamb Outland, Housekeeping for her husband and nurses, Amboy, Ind. Ada Grace Murphy, is a Miss still, the last known, Chattanooga, Tenn. Ida May Roberts, Travels, finding homes for children in our State Orphan Asylum, Indianapolis, Ind. Emma Belle Roberts, sister of the above and assisting in Orphan Home, Indianapolis, Ind. Frank Symons, Riverside, Cal. Lamira Trueblood-Kellum, Housekeeper, Camby, Ind. 1881 Oscar R. Baker, teacher, Winchester, Ind. Minnie Benedict-Blakenship, housekeeper. Paragon, Ind. Carrie Unthank-Kellum, housekeeper for a farmer, Cambridge City, Ind. 1882 J. Newton Barnard, Real estate agent and banker, Daleville, Ind. Harriet Bogue, Mother of four boys. Just leaving Indianapolis to go live with her son, Fred, Whittier, Cal. Harriet Dickinson, The same old maid, Spiceland, Ind. Chas. Newlin, Indianapolis, Ind. 1883 Anna Huddleson-Foster, Housekeeper, husband holds government position in Washington, D. C. Rvland Ratliff, Teacher in Danville Normal School, Danville, Ind. Emily Weeks, Overseeing the farm, also a music teacher, Middletown, Ind. 1884 Ella Stratton-Hodson, Housekeeper for Alonzo Hodson, New Castle, Ind. Virginia Griffin-Cory, Housekeeper at present, for many years a most excel- lent teacher, Dunreith, Ind. Isadore Hall- Wilson, Teacher of history in New Castle High School, Spice- land, Ind. William Julian, County Superintendent of Schools in county where he lives, Wood River, Neb. Chas. Newby, Graduate of Earlham and a teacher, Converse, Ind. 1885 Mary L. Brown-Pennington, Deputy Postmistress of Spiceland, Spice- land, Ind. Alfred Y. King, Teacher in Mt. Vernon School, Mt. Vernon, 111. Oliver C. Steele, Owner of the Steele Shade Factory, Spiceland, Ind. 1886 L. Winnie Baily-Clement, Housekeeper for a Doctor and a practicing physi- cian herself, Haddonfield, N. J.