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Article I-The circle shall be called the Saturday Club.
Article 2-The officers of this club shall be: one president, one vice- president, one secretary and treasurer, all to be elected annually at the first regular meeting.
Article 3-The membership of this club is limited to twenty persons.
Article 4-Any name proposed for membership shall be held over for one week before being voted upon.
Article 5-The election of members shall be by ballot.
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Article 6-Two negative votes shall reject any application for member- ship in this club.
Article 7-Absence from four regular meetings in succession, without sufficient excuse, shall work forfeiture of membership in the club.
Article 8-New members can be elected to fill any vacancies occasioned by forfeiture of membership.
Article 9-All members shall sign this constitution.
Article 10-Officers of this club shall perform the duties belonging to said officers as recognized in general literary societies.
The charter members of the Saturday Club were Mrs. Mary Cain, Minnie Cohu, Rev. W. A. Echols, C. F. Goodwin and wife, C. F. Jones and wife, Hattie Jones, R. M. King, C. W. McClure and wife, Dr. J. E. Morton, Ida Meyers, John Shirk and wife, Minnie Winscott, Henrietta R. West.
The committee on program recommended the study of Green's "Short History of the English People," American authors (six months), using Beer's "American Literature" as a text book, while the remainder of the year was to be given to English authors and current events. The meetings were held weekly and genuine hard work was done. This form of program was fol- lowed in the succeeding year, after which the club decided to hold its meet- ings every two weeks, and to have a miscellaneous range of subjects. Some- times the club took one particular line of work as a major subject, with a varied line of supplementary subjects, including almost every subject in which the people of a small town are interested.
It was the first organization in Brookville to make a movement toward establishing a public library, and four years before a library was established it had raised a small fund to be used for the library when one should be estab- lished. Besides the solid literary work which the club has done, it has been a social center for its members, and has given several elaborate banquets.
The club has always been prosperous and had a live membership. The members of 1915 are as follows: I. M. Bridgeman, Mrs. I. M. Bridgeman, Mrs. Mary D. Cain, Dean Charni, Mrs. Dean Charni, Miss Margaret Dick- son, Mrs. Martha Goodwin, Mrs. F. W. Hathaway, C. W. Hitchcock, Mrs. C. W. Hitchcock, Mrs. N. E. Holmes, Miss Clara Holmes, Miss Bessie Kid- ney, A. N. Logan, Mrs. A. N. Logan. Miss Carrie Logan, K. C. Meyers, Mrs. K. C. Meyers, Mrs. Geo. E. Mullin, Mrs. G. F. O'Byrne, Dr. E. L. Patterson, Mrs. E. L. Patterson, Rev. F. S. Priest, Mrs. F. L. Priest, A. J. Reifel, Mrs. A. J. Reifel, John C. Shirk, Mrs. J. C. Shirk, H. M. Stoops and Miss Kath- erine Winscott.
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BROOKVILLE INDIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
The Brookville Indiana Historical Society came into existence as the re- sult of a desire on the part of many people of Brookville and vicinity to pre- serve the Little Cedar Baptist church. This little brick building, located three miles down the river, was erected in 1812 and is the oldest house of worship now standing in Indiana. It had not been used for regular services for many years and as a result was fast falling into ruin. The Baptist congregation, which owned it, had long ago ceased to exist and the property was retained in the name of two trustees, John C. Ellis and George W. Childers. These two trustees in 1908 offered to turn it over to any organiza- tion in the county which would take care of it and it was for the purpose of securing possession of this interesting old building that the Brookville Indiana Historical Society was organized on June 5, 1908. It was incorporated under the laws of the state, thereby allowing it to hold and convey real estate. On July 17, 1908, the Historical Society, through its trustees, H. M. Stoops, James B. Kidney and Elmer Dennett, accepted the building and the two acres and sixty-six square yards on which it is located. The deed for the property was recorded in the name of the society on April 20, 1910.
Immediately upon acquiring the property, the society put a new roof on the building, replaced the old windows and doors and made some improve- ments upon the interior of the building. It is the intention of the society to utilize the building ultimately as a museum wherein may be kept those things which will preserve for future generations something of the manner in which the early settlers of this county lived. Thus far the building stands empty and is used only once a year, one day in summer being given to a celebration in the historic building, at which time the annual election is held.
The only other property owned by the society is the old college bell, which is kept in the library building. When the old college building was torn down in 1912 the bell was sold for old iron. On the day that it was being hauled through town to the freight house. A. N. Logan chanced to be passing along the street and immediately decided that he was going to pre- serve the bell. Mr. Logan found that the bell would bring fifty dollars as old iron and at once told the junk dealer that he believed he could take a subscription paper and raise the money. Within a short time the necessary amount had been raised and sixty-seven donors to the bell fund deserve suit- able recognition for their service in helping to save the old bell to Brook- ville.
The first officers of the Historical Society were as follows: President,
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John C. Shirk; vice-presidents, J. O. Adams, A. H. Rockafellar, Harry Stoops and Mrs. W. H. Bracken; secretary, Mrs. S. S. Harrell; treasurer, Mrs. F. W. Hathaway. These officers were elected July 17, 1908, at the little brick church which had that day become the property of the society. The annual elections have always been held at the church. The present offi- cers are: J. C. Shirk, president ; Harry M. Stoops, vice-president ; Amelia Hornung, secretary; Mrs. F. W. Hathaway, treasurer; A. J. Reifel, Mrs. John Kissel and George Dickson, program committee. The charter mem- bers were Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shirk, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cain, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Rockafellar, Harry M. Stoops, J. O. Adams, Mrs. Emma Hath- away, Miss Julia Sharpe, Mrs. Martha Goodwin, Mrs. S. S. Harrell and Mrs. J. G. Chafee.
PRESENT MEMBERSHIP AND OBJECTS.
The society in 1915 enrolled one hundred and five members: Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Shirk, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Showalter, Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Bridge- man, Mr. and Mrs. William M. Crist, Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hathaway, Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Case, Mr. and Mrs. R. M. King. Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Irwin, Mr. and Mrs. George Mullin, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Rockafellar, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Morton, Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Bradt, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Martin, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Buckingham, Mr. and Mrs. E. Ross Petty, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Bishop, Mr. and Mrs. George Dick- son, Mr. and Mrs. A. N. Logan, James B. Kidney, Harry Stoops, Mrs. Mol- lie Cain, Mrs. S. S. Harrell, Miss Sallie Hanna, Mrs. J. G. Chafee, Mrs. W. H. Bracken, Mrs. J. W. Vawter, Mrs. John, Kissel, Mrs." Pamelia Cooley, Vina St. John, Miss Amelia Hornung, Charles F. Jones, Amos W. Butler, Mrs. Martha Goodwin, Julia Sharpe, George E. Dennett, Frank West, Mrs. Walter Baker, William N. Banes, Mrs. William N. Banes, Jethro Hamilton, Mrs. Caroline Herron, Jennie Miller, Mary Butler, Mrs. Belle Koerner, Viola Appleton, William M. Baker, Mrs. William M. Baker, Paul Applegate, Lewis Hornung, Will R. Hubbard, C. F. Robinson, Mrs. Margaret Carter, A. J. Suhre, J. O. Allen, W. W. Jackson, E. C. Smith, George Personett, Mrs. George Personett, Mrs. John Johns, J. P. Goodwin, Mrs. J. P. Goodwin, Dr. R. L. Hanna, Mrs. R. L. Hanna, Mrs. Samuel Thomas, J. M. Thorpe, R. L. Head, C. W. Hawkins, A. J. Ailes, A. J. Reifel, J. T. Gordon, Herman Trichler, Dr. E. M. Glasser, Mrs. E. M. Glasser, Frank L. Hornung, I. A. Popper, A. Bossert, Mrs. Nannie Shirk, Mrs. Jennie Yaryan, William N. Biere, Mrs. William N. Biere, Wilbur Rogers, Mrs. Wilbur Rogers, George
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S. Cottman, Mrs. Robert Cook and Laura Swayne. In addition to the one hundred and five members above listed, there have been twenty-two dropped for non-payment of dues and eleven members lost by death. Most of those who have been dropped have moved away from the county.
The society meets once a month in the basement of the library building at Brookville, and during the eight years of its existence has collected no small amount of material bearing upon the early history of Franklin county. The constitution provides that the society shall be divided into literary, his- torical or biographical, educational, old settlers and natural history sections.
It can be said that the local historical society is the most active of any county historical society in Indiana. Those who have visited other societies always speak of the interest and enthusiasm manifested by the local organ- ization. The purpose for which it was organized is clearly set forth in the constitution, which says that "it shall be devoted to literature and to the col- lection and preservation of all matters of valuable county history from the earliest white settlement; personal history of the pioneers and all prominent men and women of the county; all matters of interesting experience, anec- dote, adventure and reminiscences of all kinds; morality, religion and edu- cational interest ; agriculture, horticulture, machinery, manufacturers, indus- tries and industrial progress and other arts, and also to gather and preserve information as to the natural resources of the county and its aboriginal and prehistoric life, its animal and vegetable remains, its native woods, grains, grasses, fruits, vegetables, vegetation, animals, birds, reptiles, fishes and other forms of animal life and any and all matters of interest to the present, or that may be of interest and value to the future generations of our beloved town and county."
ANTHROPOLOGICAL CLUB.
The Anthropological Club of Brookville had a flourishing career for six years, 1892-98. Organized in September, 1892, for the study of the history and development of the races and people of antiquity, it carried forth a pro- gram for several years which demanded hard work on the part of its mem- bers. The charter members were A. W. Butler, Dr. J. E. Morton, Dr. S. P. Stoddard, Rev. Meinard Fleischmann, Harry M. Stoops, Miss Gertrude Quick, Miss H. R. West and Mrs. A. W. Butler. The first officers were as follow: Dr. J. F. Morton, president; A. W. Butler, secretary; Rev. M. Fleischmann, director. During the six years that the club existed several other members were added, including Mrs. W. H. Bracken, George Haman, A. N. Logan, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McKee, Miss Elizabeth Berry, Mrs. R. J.
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Cain, Rev. D. L. Chapin, A. V. Deitz, Mrs. O. M. Meyncke, Dr. E. L. Pat- terson, W. H. Senour. E. M. Teeple, H. S. Voorhees, Kate Winscott, Min- nie Cohu, Ida B. Meyers, Ernest W. Showalter, Minnie Chambers and Carrie Logan.
Some idea of the nature of the work of this club may be gathered from the books which it studied. They read and really studied such books as Brin- ton's "Races and Peoples," Maspero's "Life in Ancient Egypt and Assyria," Mason's "Woman's Share in Primitive Culture," Keane's "Ethnology," Pres- cott's "Conquest of Mexico" and Tyler's "Anthropology." The club closed its career in the spring of 1898 with the following officers: President, A. W. Butler ; secretary-treasurer, Minnie Cohu. The immediate causes leading to the dissolution of the club were the time and study required by its constitu- tion and the death and removal of some of its leading members.
LADIES' SOCIAL CLUB OF WHITCOMB.
This club was organized December 2, 1909, with the following charter members : Mrs. Viola Seal, Mrs. Orpha Logan, Cozette Golden, Mrs. Louise Watler, Mrs. Ora Updike, Edna Golden, Mrs. Arta Miles, Mary Wallace, Ida Witt, Mrs. Effie Stout and Mrs. Nancy Miles. The first officers were as follows: Mrs. Laura Seal, president; Mrs. Louis Watler, vice-president ; Edna Golden, treasurer; Mary Wallace, secretary.
This club was organized with the idea of giving its members not only the advantages of social intercourse, but at the same time allowing them to en- gage in general literary and musical work. The club also takes an intelli- gent interest in the general welfare of the community and gives its hearty support to such measures as it believes will raise the standard of living. In other words, it is not only cultural, but also seeks to be utilitarian as well. Since the organization of the club the following members have been added : Mrs. Mattie Lanning, Mrs. Prudence Wallace, Mrs. Susan Meyer and Lydia Jaques. The present officers are as follows: Mrs. Effie Stout, president ; Mary Wallace, vice-president ; Cozette Golden, secretary-treasurer.
SCOTUS GAUL PICTI.
In the year 1892 there occurred in Brookville two incidents of great im- portance. One was the completion of the water works system and the other was the establishment of a society with the formidable name, Scotus Gaul Picti. It was the completion of the water works which suggested to some of the citizens of the town the organization of the society. In the early part of
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April it was evident that the water works would be completed by the Fourth of July and it was proposed to get the society started and celebrate the na- tional holiday, the completion of the water works and the organization of the society on the same day.
With this idea in view a meeting was held on April 10, by M. C. Arm- strong, Herman Trichler, G. R. King, Louis Federmann and G. Henri Bo- gart, at which time it was definitely decided to organize some kind of a so- ciety in Brookville. Mr. Trichler, who had been one of the prime movers in the Order of Cincinnatus, suggested the formation of a similar society, but taking its framework from Pictish history. Two days later the same men, with A. L. Baughman and W. H. Fogel, met, each being loaded down with books on Pictish and Scottish history. Mr. Bogart was selected to write the ritual, and as soon as it was written and accepted it was decided to formally institute the first clan of the new fraternity. Clan Ben Grampis No. I, Scotus Gaul Picti, was instituted in the city hall of Brookville in May, 1892, with the following officers : Herman Trichler, lord of firth and forth ; G. Ray King, thane of the donjon keep; M. C. Armstrong, earl of lochs and heather ; H. B. Sauers, merlin churl of the pibroch; A. L. Baughman, wizard of the northern lights ; Louis Federman, warden of the Grampian marshes; G. Henri Bogart, lord of mounts and valleys; Ben F. Winans, seer of the sacred fire; William H. Fogel, monarch of the mystic mists; William E. Schoonover, knight of the castle gate; John Koeber, keeper of portcullis.
John Koeber had the honor of being the first initiate, followed by thirty- seven other candidates. The original object of the society was to help cele- brate the Fourth and the completion of the water works in a fitting manner, and this was kept in view throughout while the clan was being recruited. July 4, 1892, was a red letter day in the history of Brookville. The chief address was made by W. O. Thompson, president of Miami University. On that day one thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven tickets were sold on the White Water Valley railroad for Brookville. and other thousands drove to the town. It was the biggest celebration Brookville ever had up to that time, and the new society was responsible in a large measure for its success. The membership increased, and during the following winter a dramatic entertain- ment, "The Confederate Spy," was given to reimburse the treasury.
The society continued its organization, and in April, 1894, decided to organize permanently. On the 26th of the month the clan was ordered in- corporated and at the same time it was decided to move into a permanent castle tower, the new home being occupied for the first time on May 15, 1894. At this time a committee was appointed, consisting of G. H. Bogart, Herman
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Trichler, C. F. Goodwin, G. Ray King and J. E. Morton, to revise the first degree and prepare a ritual for the second degree. This was done, and the Picti appeared in all of their historical regalia on July 4, 1894. On that day the streets of Brookville were crowded with more than ten thousand people.
Upon the reorganization of this fraternity in 1894 the following of- ficers were elected: Ben. F. Winans, Kenneth McAlpin; G. R. King, Bede of Buchan; A. L. Baughman, Columba of Iona; Daniel Bower, Ecgred of Lindisfarne ; John W. Baker, Ewald of Jedburgh; M. C. Armstrong, Douglas of the Guard; J. S. M. Baker, bearer of the hazel rood; William H. Fogel, monarch of the mystic mists; H. M. McFee, watchman of the outer hall; Louis Hornung, keeper of the tower. The second degree was given for the first time September II, 1894.
"THE GREATEST TOWN ON EARTH."
Despite the auspicious beginning of the fraternity, it was not destined to immortality. Organized for the purpose of boosting Brookville, it soon en- rolled every business and professional man in the town and at the height of its career had at least two hundred and fifty members. "Probably no organiza- tion ever had such a requirement for eligibility to membership. The con- stitution says : "Any male citizen of eighteen years of age or over, of good character, who believes that Brookville is the greatest town on earth, shall be eligible to membership." The dues were only fifty cents a year, and this was spent in a riotous, gustatory celebration annually. With an initiation fee of only fifty cents and annual dues of a similar amount, it may be seen that the high cost of living was not responsible for the decline of the organ- ization. According to the testimony of the last Kenneth McAlpin (Ben F. Winans), it died not from financial inanition, but from lack of constitutional quorums to transact business. During its brief but brilliant career the Picti received no little newspaper notoriety, and no less a paper than the New York Sun printed the entire constitution of the order and made, some very flatter- ing remarks concerning the advisability of towns throughout the United States copying the example of Brookville. On the theory that the good die young, the Scotus Gaul Picti was formally interred on July 4, 1898, with all the honors due its honorable life. Its race had been run, its life had brought happiness to those who gave it birth, and now, like the old canal, it remains as a sweet memory in the minds of those who loved it.
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BROOKVILLE SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY.
There have been an unusual number of Brookville citizens in the past who have been interested in the sciences and more than one organization of a scientific nature has been started in the town. Probably, the most pre- tentious of these was the Society of Natural History, which was organized in February, 1881. with the following officers: Rev. D. R. Moore, president ; Charles F. Goodwin, vice-president ; Amos W. Butler, recording secretary ; Edgar R. Quick, corresponding secretary ; John E. Rehme, treasurer. This society was organized, as the name indicates, as the outgrowth of a desire on the part of its members to foster the study of nature in its various forms. Many of the members of the society had already made considerable collec- tions and within a short time the town had a museum of which it might well be proud. Franklin county, with its mounds, its hills, valleys and water courses, with its wonderful display of fossils, with its varied flora and fauna, presents an attractive field for the naturalist.
The local society was organized for real work and only those were members who had a scientific turn of mind. As evidence of the earnestness of their work, they divided their membership into groups and made each group the head of the department. These heads of departments were as follows: O. M. Meyncke, curator of botany ; Rev. D. R. Moore, curator of conchology ; William Federman, curator of entomology; John Shirk, curator of herpathology ; Edgar R. Quick, curator of mammalogy ; Amos W. Butler, curator of ornithology; Prof. M. E. Smith, curator of geology; Dr. L. D. Dillman, curator of comparative anatomy : Clifford Case, curator of mineral- ology.
For several years the society did excellent work along the lines which were planned in the beginning. For two or three winters a free lecture course was maintained for the town and county, including such men as Jordan, Eigenman, Drury, Everman, Jenkins, Gilbert, Wiley, Ridpath, Loyd, John M. and Stanley Coulter and many others of national reputation. A hall was fitted up over the room now occupied by the Crystal theater and in this was kept the museum of the society as well. A large amount of ma- terial was collected during the career of the society and when it disbanded most of it was returned to the donors. The removal of some of the mem- bers and the increase of membership from the ranks of the non-scientific caused interest in the society to decline. The last meetings were held in 1890 or 1891, although several efforts were made to revive the organization.
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Eventually the Anthropological Society was finally organized out of the remnant of the once thrifty Natural History Society.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC.
The Academy of Music was organized in May, 1895, by Charles F. Goodwin for the purpose of creating a greater interest in music in Brook- ville. It was at that time decided to give twelve recitals each year. Ten of these had been given before the death of Mr. Goodwin, on January 12, 1896. The first recital was held April 12, 1895, at which time eighty per- sons gathered in the parlors of the Goodwin home and the tenth recital was held on the last day of that same year.
This society represented twelve different families of Brookville and vicinity in the beginning, although others were later admitted to membership. Mr. Goodwin became the first director and after the reorganization of the society, in the fall of 1896, Oscar J. Ehrgott, a professional musician of Cincinnati, was chosen director. In the fall of 1896, a chorus of sixty-five voices was organized, which contained not only all of Brookville's best talent, but also members from Laurel, Fairfield and Mt. Carmel. The society con- tinued to give recitals at intervals for two or three years and then gradually dwindled away. While it lasted it gave some of the best concerts which the town has ever had and its passing was sincerely regretted by the true lovers of music.
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CHAPTER XVII.
EDUCATIONAL HISTORY OF FRANKLIN COUNTY.
The first schools of Franklin county were either voluntary schools taught by some public spirited pioneer or else what was known as a subscription school. Public schools supported by a state fund did not come into exist- ence until after the adoption of the constitution of 1852. The educational history of Franklin county before that time was not dissimilar to that of other counties in the state. As early as 1818 the Legislature of the state made provision for a seminary fund in the various counties of the state. This was made necessary because the first constitution of the state, which was, in a measure, based upon the ordinance of 1787, provided that every sixteenth section of land in the state should be set aside for school purposes. This land was to be sold or, if a purchaser was not found, it was to be rented and the proceeds from the sale or the rent were to be used for the maintenance of schools. Unfortunately, much of the school land of Franklin county was poor land, and the result was that there was not a large amount derived from this source for school purposes. In addition to the proceeds of the school sections, the money from fines, forfeitures and money collected from winners in gambling, when the loser was not on hand to claim it, was placed in the school fund. In the early days of the history of the state lotteries were a very common thing, and, strange as it may seem, the first university in In- diana-the university at Vincennes-was put on a sound financial basis by a lottery scheme, which was authorized by the territorial Legislature.
Since there was but little public money for school purposes, it was not possible to get teachers without offering them additional compensation. Hence, for a period of about thirty-five years, Franklin county had what were known as subscription schools. Usually the patrons of a school district would build a rude log schoolhouse and some itinerant pedagogue would be selected to "conduct school" for periods varying from two to six months, averaging about three months. The rates of tuition were very low, and the average compensation of the early teachers of Franklin county very seldom amounted to more than twenty dollars a month. It is true that the teacher "boarded around" for his room and board, so that he was put to very little, if any, expense.
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