Thorntown High School - Exode Yearbook (Thorntown, IN)

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SCI-IOQI. I-IISTCDRY In COI1'l11l1l1g the matelxal for thas book The Pxodc Staff felt the book would be 1l'1C0lTlDl9tC wxthout a hlstoly of the schools 'lhe follovvmg mat ual has been taker from preserved xecolds and glwes a butf TLVILW of thc schools fxom the beglnmng of the Uld A 'Idcmy The follovung pages speak xglumts fov 1 llx cducatxon 1n Thorn town and they also explam the mucaslng 1nte1 est of school hfe ln ou1 mxdst Hlgher educat1on has been ln the reach of the young people of Thorntovxn for about 69 or 70 yeals We doubt lf very many of the sulxourdmg towns can show a rccord that sur passes ours To whom should the crcdlt fox thxs go' To the pubhc sp1r1ted cltlzens of long ago who mtroduned the ldta and to those who gave than txmt monev and lnsplratlon to thls cause Hlstory of the Old Academv and Its Work By Rev F M Cones, A M The followmg paper was read before the audlence at the Dedlcatory Exercises of the New Hlgh School Bulldlng, December 21 1894 The educatlonal hxstory of Ind1ana presents the fact that mole than a quarter of a century ago there was a mamfest want of schools of academlc grade No guarantee through legxslatwe enactment or otherwxse had been gxven that fa 1l1t1es would be afforded the masses ln the near future for obtammg a llberal and practlcal cducatlon Th1S urgert necessltv serlously lmpressed the mole enterprlsmg cltlzens of every comrnumty Hence that general awakemng Whlch followed ln the es tabhshment of academles and semmarles 1n varlous l0C8.llt1GS of our commonwealth Thls tlmely movement recelved a genelous alnd ready endorsement from the mlmsterlal ranks, where were found earnest advocates of any measure that was con duclve to the wellbelng of every communltv There was no man more SOl1C1tOUS for the success of tlns advanced, yet lauda able step In mental culture, than the Rev John L Snnth, and xt was In the year 1854 that he began h1s work as lnstlgator of that educatxonal enterprlse wlnch was related to Thorntovvn Academy. In order to be accurate as to tlme and data, we quote from a ' ' .'. . '. ' , , , I ' ' J . . - ' . . . .. ., ' , V . L. h ,, . ,Z . .,.,. A . 1 -'v - -' 1 '1 r 1 1- 1 - ' ' . . . fl, x , 1 ,. . ,Q . ,. . ,, , , . ,,.. , . - .. '.z, . . . , , ,-. b , . .' A .., ' . L . H- D ',f . , ' r - 1 A 1- I ' A- A 1 -1- - ji i 4 I . i .Q , . . . . . A ' - - 1 A 1 v Q1 ' x 1 y . ' , '1 , A. . Q. ' . , . , . ' . ' ' .2 . . . ' n ' s . - ,

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recent letter from hrs h1ncl He srys In 1bm4 I yy rs rppornted to the lrrclr1napolrs f I P rte Qvyhere I had re llrstrret rs Iresrdrrrg I'lcler xrrel rrrrmedrrtely rrroxecl rom r o srded four ye 1rsJ to the e 1prt1l erty My drstrrct extcrrclecl west rneludrrre, Cr 1yyfords y rlle and Thor ntoyy rr After settlrrrg., nry famrly I rn 1cle .1 tour through the clrstrrct seekrnr, '1 sur' 1ble loc 1tron for 1 school ywhere I rrrrght educate rrry ehrldrerr I vrsrted lronsvrllc Danyrlle C rayyfordsyrlle, Dulrrrgtorr and Thorntc-yyn At Thorntowrr I met Brothers Rey YN rllr 1rrr C nrrpbell Olrver Lrayen, Phrlrp Ixrrn IN W We1lely Illel others XX he rr I tolcl nry busrrress to therrr they all sard yyrth if one accord Thorrrtoyyrr rs the pl1c for the school In lookrrrg rrortnd at the toyvn I l l ll leclfes as a fund s1rd rf yye e ur secure tyyo thous 1nd trye hundred dol 1rs rrr re Ill e p L. for the purchase of 1 surtrble lot rnd thm crectrorr ef 1 school burldrrg I will lead the subserrptrorr by gryrrrg trye hurrdrecl dollrrs rrrcl nrll return to Irrclrurapolrs and nrove my famrly to Thorrrtory rr next ryeek Th plc elges yu re nr rcle rn 11 few mrnutes Phrlrp imma ec 15 employed to put up the burlclrrrge I secured 1 house for mv famrlv 1nd wrth rn the nerct three or four dlys yye yyere lryrrrg rn Thorrtoyyn The Academy w IS soon up and rrrelosed but not frrrrshecl yyrrrter e mre on 1nd rt yx rs not urrtrl early sprrng, 1815 that rt yxas re1cly for oecup 1ncy It yyas the rr that the Rey Ievr Tarr began hrs yyorle as the frr st prrrerr 11 of Thorrrtoyyn Ae rcle my rn t re neyy burlclrrrg yxrth one assrs tint Mrss Ioyy Cooper now Mrs Dr lersher of freerrc 1stle lnclrrn1 In the fall of 18116 at the annual conference I rcqrrestecl the Brshop to 1pporrrt the Rev VV I' Wheeler Presrdrrrv' Iflcler rn my stead lllfl to 1ssrgrr rrrc to Tlrorrrtoyyn rs rts frrst statronerl Ylethodrst pastor Th s yyas eheerfully done and by thrs apporntement I vyas enabled to spend more of the trme at home 1rrd to grve nrore sneeral atterrtron and drrectron rn the deyelopment of our new school yyork so recently 1nd hopefully commenced Al together I rnvested seven hundred 'md twenty flvc dollars rn the school property whrch was a larger sum than that grven by any other person It vy1s a good rnvestment and I have never regretted that I made rt We record, also the names of other lrberal donors who reaclrlv responded to Wheeler Isaac Gerlrart Armstrong Ross and Olrver Craven And contrrhuted some of whom gave as lrberally as the frrst donors when necessrty demanded We deem rt now proper to speak brreflv at least of some of the charaeterrstc work of each suc cessrve prrncrpal of the Academy as memory may present the facts Prof Tarr was a model teacher, and earnestly rmpressed hrs students wrth the necessrty of thoroughness rn all the work undertaken by them Whrle he was eflicrent rn all the branches he taught he evrnced a preference for the Fnglrsh Language and Natural Scrence He vsas farthful and steadfast rn the lrne of duty and cheerfully sacrrficed for the good of others In Januarv 1851 Rev Charles IN Srms was called to the prrncrpal shrp of the school He was at that trme an under graduate of Indrara Asbury Unrver srty Hrs adm nrstratron was one of marked success Hrs executrve abrlrty was ad mrrable and the rnstrtutron grew rn rnfiucnce and eflicrencv and ranked among the first of the schools of rts grade under hrs sup rvrsron In the recrtatron room hc was perfectly at lfome, and eayc a strmulrrs to those whom he rnstructed In mrncl he was analytrc and phrlosophrc and yvas classed among the first as a platform speaker As the school became more wrdelv known and the number of students raprdlv rncreased there was a demard for a larger burldrng, and rn the summer and fall of 1857 the Aeademv vvrs enlarged to three trmes rts former srze In Aprrl 1860 Prof Olrver H Smrth A M be ame nrrncrpal The former Drosperrty of the school con trnueel under hrs superyrsron He yyas a man of rrpe scholarshrp and was especrally successful rn tcachng the hrgher nrathem 1trcs and th classrcs Hrs record was one worthy of prarse ard hrs admrnrstrat on l'rghlv commendable Reference to hrm ls often m1cle rn thrs conrmunrty rn such cxpressrons as thoroueh teach r good man gcnral frre d In iertember 1864 Prof Iohrr Cl'lll'x Rrdpath A B vyas the next chosen nrrncrpal whose fame as '1 hrstorr'1n rnd lecturer has not only become Iwat onal but lnternatronal As to hrs grfts and hrs 1d'1ptatron to educatronal work the general bublrc are vsell advrsed He yy '1s specrally ant and re'1dv rn th work of the recrtatlon room and er'rye gre rt errthusr sm to hrs cl rsses He vy rs an afkrroyyledffed genrus and hrs career 'rs rrrncrr '11 was ch1ra1tcrr7e cl yrrth 'rn cnergctrc and aggressrve sprr t Rey VI O Vty 1nt A R rvrs nerct chosen prrncrpal rn Aprrl 18f'7 Prof Wvanf w1s '1 man of sur error natural errdoyxmerrts and of refrrred culture As an rnstructor he yy'1s profound 'IYICI logrcal rrrrnressrng hrs classes yrrth the facts rrnfrlnr Qongldepq tron He was an orator of lckrrorrlcclgcd 1hrl ty possess d a gentle sprrrt ayd was lf! the his hc st sense 1 nr urly nr rrr 4 Hrs rclrrrrnrstratrorr ry '1s firm yet ple xsant and hrs rnfluence both rn school reI'1 ION 'UNI 'llrlong the cltl7tl s yy ls emrrrently helnfrrl Prof John P Rous A M was the next and last prrrrcrpal rrrd took chxree rn Seotemher ISYS He had up to the trme of ENN flfftlml to the Plmflpllshllf ten ye '1rs experrc-nee rn schools of Ac 1den1rc and Col e rate gr rdes -'ks IH rnstructor ne yy rs 'rccurate Ind parnstakrng and gave snecral alffmlflll U' Thi' 21 Nllllfl Ind clrssrfrc rtron of the y rrrorrs deputmcnts Hrs 'adnrrnrs - rr 1 . . 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