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Catalog, 1896-1897 Download date 06/10/2021 10:46:53 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10484/4775 !.:'DIANA STATE NORMAL LIBRARY. - 2- INDIANA STATE NORMAL ' SCHOOL~~~ ~ .. ~ •. TERRE HAUTE, "'"' INDIANA. 1896-97 .,. ,'.. .. ...J 0 0 :r u (/) ...J < a::~ 0 z w ~ 1- (/) z< < 0 z '· ANNUAL CATALOGUE OF THE Indiana .State Normal Schoot 1896-97. TERRE HAUTE, IND. TWENTY -SEVENTH YEAR. ++ TNOIANAPOLIS: Wm. B. Burford, Printer and Binder. x8cn. CALENDAR FOR 1897-98. FALL TERM. Entrance Examinations, Tue!da.y, 8:30A.M., September 2l, t897. Oass Work &gins, Thursday, 8:00 A.M., September 23, t897. r Thanksgiving Vacation, Thursday and Friday, November I ~26,j897. Term Examinations, Tuesday noon to Friday noon, De cember 2t-24, t897. W1NTER TERM. Entrance Examinations, Tuesday, 8:30 A.M., January 4, · t898. Oass Work&gins, Wednesday, 8:00A.M., January 5, l898. Term Examinations, Tuesday noon, March 29, to Friday noon, April t, t898. SPRING TERM. Entrance Examinations, Tuesday, 8:30A.M., AprilS, t898. Oass Work Begins, Thursday, 8:00A.M., Aprll 7, t898. Term Examinations, Friday, 8.-()() A.M., to Tuesday, 4:00 P. M., June 24-28, t898. Annual Commencement, Thursday, 9:39 A. M., June 30, l898. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. William H. Armstrong, President -- Indianapolis, Ind. CoL Lewis B. Martin, Secretary --- Terre Haute, Ind. Prof. James H. Tomlin ----- Shelbyville, Ind. Prof. David M. Geeting ---- -Indianapolis, Ind. Charles W. Ward ------- Newport, Ind. TREASURER. Hon. William R. McKeen ---- Terre Haute, Ind. · COMMITTEES. Teachers and Instruction-Messrs. Tomlin and Geeting. Finance-Messrs. Armstrong and Ward. Library 'and Apparatus-Messrs. Ward and Parsons. Buildings and Grounds-Messrs. Martin and Armstrong. FACULTY. William W. Parsons, President, 634 Cherry St. Professor ffistory and Philosophy of Education. Howard Sandison, Vice-President, 434 North Center St. Professor Mental Science and Methods. Ellwood W. Kemp, 438 North Center St. Professor ffistory. Albert R. Chatman, US South Seventh St. Assistant Profeaor Mental Science and Methods. Mary]. Anderson, 500 South Fourth St. Assistant Professor English Grammar and Composition. Robert G. Gillum, 49 South Gilbert Ave. , Professor Physics and Chemistry. LoUiS]. Rettger, 35 South Gilbert Ave. ·· Professor Biology. Arthur Cunningham, 640 Eagle St. Librarian. ' . Charles M. Curry, . 730 South Fourth St. Professor Reading and English Lite:ra.ture. Francis M. Stalker, 668 Swan Street. Assistant Professor Mental Scleuu and Methods. Charles R. Dryer, 438 North Center St. Profeaor Geography. .- ... '/" :·~>£~ INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. i Mary Moran, 29 South Gilbert Ave. Assistant Professor Reading and English Literature. William T •. Turman, t t23 South Fourth St. Professor Penma.nship and Drawing. John B. Wisely, t24t North T~nth St•. Professor English Grammar and Composition. Oscar L. Kelso, 633 Chestnut St. Professor Mathematics. Edith Whitenack, 503 N. Eighth St. Assistant Professor English Grammar and Composition. Charles L. Pulliam, 3t6 North Seventh St. Assistant Professor Mathematics. fBeatrice 0. Sanders, 4t3 North SixthS~. Professor Music. .f-Elizabeth Rose, H6 North Eighth St. Assistant Professor Latin and German. f- John J. Schlicher, 9t t Maple Ave. Professor Latin and German• .f- Anna B. Sankey, 649 Poplar St. Assistant Professor Latin and German. · ~ Frank R. Higgins, 637 Cherry St. Assistant Professor Mathematics. William A. McBeth. 640 South Seventh St. Assistant Professor Geography• .C.Thomas H. Grosvenor, 3t5 South Seventh St. Assistant Professor English Grammar and Composition. Kate Moran, Principal, 29 South Gilbert Ave. Grades Seven and Eight, Training School. '{-Emma J. Batty, 630 Cherry St. Grades Five and Six, Training School. '~ - 6 INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. ·{Anna Trueblood, 4~ South Eleventh St. Grades Three and Four, Training SchooL ... JGertrude Robinson, 630 Cherry St. Grades One and Two, Training SchooL '...; May Manlove, 8~7 Ohio St. Kindergarten. John W. Shepherd, · Spring Term. ' Assistant Professor English Grammar and Composition. {John H. Htnke, Spring Term. Assistant Professor Mental Science and Methods, and U.S. History. George H. Hansell, Spring Term. Assistant Professor Biology and Reading and Literature • .,tJoseph B. Fagan, Spring Term. Assistant Professor Reading and Literature. f- Isaac F. Myer, Spring Term. Assistant Professor Geography. 1·- J. Ellsworth Ewers, Spring Term. Assistant Professor Geography and Mathematics. _L_ Elmer E. Epperson, Spring Turn. Assistant Professor Penmanship and Drawing. " Frank H. Huntwork, Spring Term. · Assistant Professor Mathematics. ,, · Edward M. Bruce, 5~8 North Sixth St. Assistant Chemkal and Physical Laboratories. Thomas W. Records, · · Social Settlement. Assistant Biological Laboratory. "· Minnie E. Hill, . 6~5 Mulberry St. Mary L. E. Jones, H6 North Eighth St. Aasistant Librarian. Mary G. Taylor, 680 Eagle St. Assistant Clerk and Librarian. · -.,:, -·.·~ -~1j ...~ I r INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. ffiSTORICAL SKETCH. The act of the General Assembly which created the State Normal School was approved December 20, t865. This act defined th~ object of the school to be "the preparation of teachers for teaching in the co~mon schools of Indiana," provided for the appointment of a board of trustees, the location of the buildings, the organization of a training school and the adoption of courses of study, and created the Normal School fund for the maintenance of the institution. The act further required the trustees to locate the school at the town or city of the State that should obligate itself to give the largest amount in cash or buildings and grounds to secure the schooL The city of Terre Haute was the only place to offer any inducement to secure the institution. A tract of ground three hundred feet square near the center of the city, valued at $25,000, and $50,000 in cash were offered, and the city agreed to maintain forever one-half the neces sary expense of keeping the buildings and grounds in repair. This liberal offer was accepted, and the construction of the building was begun. Aided by subsequent legislative appro priations, the trustees were able to complete the building ,' .. partially, and the school was opened January 6, J870. The professional training of teachers was an experiment in ln diax;ta, and the institution began its work without the confi ~nce and united support of the people of the state. / 8 INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. Twenty-three students were present on the opening day, and this number increased to forty by the end of the term. The attendance has grown steadily since the opening of the school, and during the year ending June 25, t897, t,490 different students were enrolled. In t887 the school had be come so large that it was necessary for the high ~hool of Terre Haute, which had occupied a portion of the building since its completion, to find new quarters, thus leaving the entire 'building of three stories to be occupied by the~Normal School alone. On the forenoon of April9, t888, the building and its c:On tents were almost totally destroyed by fire. Only the foun dations were left unimpaired; the library, furniture, appara tus and everything in the building-the accumulation of eighteen years-were consumed. Terre Haute Provided tem porary quarters for the school, and, under the· contract, to maintain one-half the expense of repairs to the buildisigs and grounds, promptly gave $50,000 in cash with which to begin the work of rebuilding: The next General Assembly appropriated $t00,000 for the completion of the building and the purchase of a new library, etc. With these sums the school constructed a commodious and beautiful building, and purchased an equipment for every department much superior to that possessed before the fire. The Legislature of l893 appropriated $40,000 for the con struction of a new building to be used for gymnasia, library and laboratories. The General Assembly of t895 made a further appropriation of $20,000 with which to complete this bUilding. With this amount the library and laboratories, . occupying respectively the sec::ond and third stories, have been completed and equipped for use. '~~J: ""'''l!ll·.... · ·.;, I I. INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. 9 '. The last General Assembly appropriated $tO,OOO f<1r the completion of the gymnasia and the fourth floor. With this amount, and a small sum which it is hoped can be saved from the proceeds of the tax for the support of the school, the building will be pushed to completion at an early day. MATERIAL EQUIPMENT. The State Normal School occupies two large, handsome buildings, each four stories high. The larger building, con- . structed immediately after the 'fire of J888, is about t90xt50 feet, and is a very commodious, well-appointed school build ing. It contains an assanbly room capable of seating three hundred persons, a beautiful chapel which seats comforta I bly one thousand persons, the president's office, reception I. room, cloak roOmS; wash rooms, etc. It is, architecturally, t ·one of thee~ beautiftlt buildings in the state, and its in- ternal arrang~ment is well adapted to the purpose for which it was constructed. The second building is about tOOxtOO feet, and is, archi tecturally, in general harmony with the larger building. The second story is occupied by the library. This is a large, well-lighted, beautiful room, admirably adapted to library use. The third story is occupied by the several science departments. The fourth story is designed for the use of literary societies, and the first for two gymnasia. The library is equipped with every needed appliance, and contains about 20,000 well-selected volumes. The chemical, biological and physical ·laboratories on the third floor are substantially finished and are equipped with everything needed for the science work of the schooL ... ' 10 INDIANA STATE NORMAL SCHOOL. P.cobably there are few, if any, normal schools in the United States that are more fully equipped in all their de partments for work than is this institution. THE PURPOSE OF THE SCHOOL.