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Girls' Classical School. The school building, a three-story brick structure, at 426 North Pennsylvania street, completed and occupied in September, ISS4, has proved to be perfectly adapted to the needs of the school. The location is central; the building is substantial, tasteful in appearance, commodious and conveniently arranged. The lighting, heating and ventilation are excel - lent. Each room has an abundant supply of pure warm air, and capacious ventilating flues. The building contains four session rooms, six class rooms, an office, a toilet room, ample hallways and a spacious gymnasium.
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The Girls' Classical School was opened in September, 1SS2. The design of the school is twofold. First, to give girls a thorough preparation for all colleges that admit women; second, to provide higher courses for the benefit of girls who, for any reason, are unable to take a college course, but still de- sire a more extended course than is usually given in schools, academies or seminaries. Pupils whose work is not definitely limited by the requirements of college examinations may take full courses in Modern Languages ( English, French, German), in the Classics (Latin, Greek), in Science (Physiology, Zoology, Physical Geography. Botany, Geology, Physics, with Laboratory work), in llistory (Greece, Rome, Outlines of the World's History, English History, History of Modern Europe and Civil Government), and in Mathe- matics (Higher Algebra, Solid Geometry, Trigonometry). The regular course of study gives a good academic education. The courses in Mathe-
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matics, Science, Latin, Greek, French, German. History and English Litera- ture are much more extended than the courses in these subjects usually given in preparatory and high schools, and graduates of such schools find it profit- able to spend one or more years in this school. Graduates of the best high schools in Indiana and other states have entered the Classical School to pur- sue its higher courses and obtain its diploma. Graduates of the Girls' Class- ical School enter the Junior year of the Indiana University, the Sophomore year of the Leland Stanford, Jr., University, the Freshman year of Vassar, Smith and Wellesley Colleges, also of the University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago, on their school certificates. Twenty-one have passed examinations for admission to the Harvard Annex (Radcliffe College) and Bryn Mawr College. At this time (October, 1896) fifty-five pupils have been admitted to college from this school. The school is unsectarian. Simple religious exercises are held daily at the opening of the session.
The chief advantages of the school are the following: First, the classes are small, and the teachers are thus enabled to give a relatively large amount of time and instruction to individual pupils. Pupils who do not desire to give the time necessary to obtain the school diploma in the full course may select from the course of study those subjects which they prefer, and will receive a certificate stating the work done by them and the percentage attained. Latin, English Literature, History, French, German and Advanced Science, are especially adapted to the needs of such pupils; while superior opportun- ities are offered for the study of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Drawing and Painting. English Composition, Declamation. Drawing, Chorus Sing- ing, Gymnastics and Oral French are regular exercises throughout the course in all departments.
The school is well equipped with reference library and apparatus ; the faculty includes eighteen instructors, each a specialist in her or his depart- ment.
In the Lower Primary department boys and girls of six years are received and prepared for the Upper Primary department. Boys are not retained in this school above the Lower Primary department. The course includes reading, spelling, numbers, singing, drawing, writing, simple lessons in natural science, conversational French and gymnastics.
The experience of the school has clearly shown that pupils who pass through the lower departments have a completer and stronger preparation for the work of the advanced department than those who come from other schools. The lower work in the child's education is as important as the higher, and it is a great gain to a child to be identified at an early age with an institution in which the course of study is symmetrically developed from its very beginning through the full preparation for college. The course is ar- ranged mainly with reference to the highest college requirements. For many colleges a shorter course will suffice. The school prepares girls for all col- leges, and each pupil's course. as far as possible, is selected and continued' with reference to her individual wants.
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Pupils may graduate with diplomas (the full course) or with certificates (the shorter course). Special certificates, signed by the principal, are ac- cepted in place of examinations in the subjects covered, by the following in- stitutions: Smith College, Vassar College, Wellesley College, The Leland Stanford, Jr., University, Indiana University, Purdue University. DePauw University, Butler University, University of Michigan, and the University of Chicago.
English Literature is studied during the entire five years of the advanced department. The girls are divided into sections, according to their capacity for the work. Selections from the standard English authors are studied in the most thorough manner, with analysis of the thought and language, dis- cussions upon the style, and investigations of biographical and historical allusions in the text. The drill in this subject is believed to be one of the most profitable features of the school work. The composition work is mainly based upon the works studied in the courses of literature; it gives a system- atic and comprehensive course continuing through five years, including not only formal essays, but also analyses of plots, and of characters, critiques upon style, conversations upon literary themes, etc. The books read are made the basis of lessons in grammar, rhetoric and composition. The great- est care is taken in every department of the school to teach the pupils to pronounce English with correctness, and to read it with taste and expression ; a systematic course of study in these branches is pursued.
French is begun in the lower primary department, where oral instruc - tion is given daily by means of object lessons. These oral exercises, con- tinued through the upper primary department, are a source of pleasure to the pupils, and are important in training the ear and tongue, thus preparing the way for text-book work, begun in the lowest intermediate grade. The courses in French and German in the advanced department are designed to give a good knowledge of the grammar, composition, translation and conversation. Recitations are conducted wholly in French or German, and the conversa- tional method is freely employed. As an aid to proficiency in conversation, French and German soirées are occasionally given in the residence parlors ; and selections in French and German are given as declamations before the school.
The pupils in all departments are divided into sections for declamations, which are given weekly before the instructor and the class. Declamations of unusual merit are selected for delivery before the school at stated intervals, usually at the first hour on Fridays. The preparation for these declamations is in charge of the teacher of reading ; extravagance in gesture and stage effects are sedulously avoided. The exercise before the school is made avail- able for literary culture by questions as to the author, the style and other matters suggested by the selection. The competitors for the annual prizes in declamation are chosen from the girls having the highest record during the year. Lectures, informal addresses by visitors of distinction, and discussions of topics of general or special interest, are substituted for the Friday declama- tions from time to time.
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Beginning in the lower primary department with the simplest principles, the pupils are advanced to drawing from flats of the antique, to the making of designs in colors, and to the study of art in relation to historic ornament. When sufficiently advanced they enter the studio class, in which they are instructed in drawing from casts and natural objects, in perspective, in shad- ing and in drawing from life.
Apparatus for illustrating the study of the physical sciences is provided. The classes in physics, botany, zoology and physiology devote much time to laboratory work.
A definite course of instruction is given in chorus singing, beginning in the Lower Primary department and progressing through all the classes. The school choir leads the daily morning singing, and the school chorus takes part in the exercises of commencement week.
A course of lectures on various themes is a permanent feature of the school. Some of them are given by the principals, and others by friends of the school, or visitors of note. These lectures, or familiar talks, are usually given on Friday mornings, following the opening exercises. Parents are always invited to be present. Among those who have addressed the school are many men and women of distinction.
The gymnasium has an unobstructed floor space of thirty-four hundred square feet and a height of eighteen feet. It is well supplied with Sargent's improved apparatus, and the apparatus used in the Swedish system, besides an outfit for Turner work. The director of the gymnasium devotes her en- tire time to the physical culture of the pupils. The teachers of music and reading work with the gymnasium director to secure correct breathing and standing. Soon after the opening of the school, in September of ISS2, a simple school dress for the every day wear of the pupils was adopted; and all pupils, unless specially excused from the gymnasium work by medical certificate, are now required to wear the costume.
The school residence, at 343 and 345 North Pennsylvania street, contains two of the handsomest residences in the city, affording accommodations for twenty-eight pupils. A matron and a residence governess are in charge of the residence life. Mrs. Sewall has a general supervision of the home life of the pupils; she also spends Saturday evening of each week with them in read- Ing and in general conversation on practical and literary themes; and on Sunday afternoon discusses with them topics suggested by the religious serv- ices attended by the pupils in the morning. The school residence has enrolled pupils from twenty-one states and territories in recent years.
The exhibit of the school at the Columbian Exposition received an award for excellence of careful and thorough training, and for its results in pre- paratory work. This exhibit, with the diploma and medal awarded, now adorns the school building.
. Central College of Physicians and Surgeons was incorporated on July S, 1879. The organizers of the college were Drs. Joseph Eastman. R. E. Hough-
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ton, W. S. Hay- mond, Charles D. Pierson, Ira A. E. Lyons, J. R. Feather - ston and W. H. Thomas.
From its inception the growth of the college has been steady. Its fac- ulty is honored with the names of some of the most eminent. progressive and skillful in the profession, and thoroughly qualified to in- part to others a complete med- ical education.
The college building, which is owned by the stockholders. is a substantial brick and stone edifice four stories in height, with an aggregate floor space of 13,000 square feet for teaching and clinical purposes, situated but two squares from the Union Railway Station and one square from St. Vincent's Hospital. and is in the heart of the clinical district of the city. The college has adopted the four years' graded course, with four courses of lectures of six months each as a condition of graduation. The II. W. Clark library, one of the largest and most complete collections of medical books and literature in the state, is open to the students and the alumni of the college. To this collection have been added valuable contributions by Drs. L. D. Waterman and G. V. Woolen. The faculty is composed as follows : John Moffett, M. D., emeritus professor of obstetrics : W. B. Fletcher, M. D., emeritus professor of diseases of the mind and clinical medicine ; Joseph Eastman, M. D., LL. D., president. pro- fessor of diseases of women and abdominal surgery ; John A. Sutcliffe, A. M .. M. D., professor of surgery, genito-urinary and rectal diseases ; Samuel E. Earp, M. S., M. D., dean and secretary, professor of materia medica, thera- peutics and clinical medicine ; Allison Maxwell. A. M., M. D., professor of the principles and practice of medicine, physical diagnosis and sanitary sci- ence ; E. J. Brennan, M. D., professor of obstetrics and clinical midwifery ; John B. Long, M. D., professor of descriptive and surgical anatomy ; Jolin F. Barnhill, M. D., professor of physiology ; William H. Thomas, M. D.,
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professor of diseases of the nervous system; Green V. Woolen, A. M., M. D., professor of rhinology and laryngology; William V. Morgan, M. D., professor of fractures and dislocations, orthopedic and clinical surgery; Albert E. Sterne, A. M., M. D. (Univ. Berlin), professor of the anatomy, physiology and pathology of the nervous system and clinical medi- cine : Minor Morris, A. B., M. D., professor of pathology, dermatology and bacteriology ; L. L. Todd, M. D., professor of clinical medicine and lecturer on gastric and pulmonary diseases ; John L. Masters, M. D., treasurer, pro- fessor of diseases of the eye and ear and of histology ; John A. Lambert, Ph. G , M. D., professor of diseases of children and medical chemistry and toxi- cology ; Joseph Rilus Eastman, B. S., M. D., adjunct professor of physiology ; Thomas B. Eastman, A. B., M. D., assistant secretary, adjunct professor of anatomy and assistant to the chair of diseases of women ; Charles O. Dur- ham, M. D., demonstrator of anatomy ; Thomas E. Courtney, M. D., assist- ant demonstrator of anatomy ; Martin V. B. Newcomer, M. D., lecturer on railroad surgery ; H. G. Gaylord, M. D., demonstrator of bacteriology ; S. P. Scherer, M. D., assistant to the chair of practice of medicine ; F. C. Tins- ley, M. D., assistant to the chair of materia medica ; Leonard Bell, M. D., assistant to the chair of pathology ; John Kolmer, M. D., lecturer on physi- ology ; Amelia R. Keller, M. D., clinical assistant to the chair of clinical gynecology ; J. J. Booz, M. D., assistant to the chair of chemistry ; Ralph Wilson, M. D., assistant to the chair of histology ; Max Bahr, M. D .. assist- ant to chair of operative and clinical midwifery. The board of trustees are : G. C. Smythe, M. D., Greencastle, Ind .; M. V. B. Newcomer, M. D., Tip- ton, Ind .; G. W. Burton, M. D., Mitchell, Ind .; M. II. Field, M. D., Indi- anapolis, Ind .; II. S. Ilerr, M. D., Bloomington, Ind .; William Wands, M. D., Indianapolis, Ind .; B. Wallace, M. D .. Franklin, Ind .;. Harrison Gable, M. D., Centerville, Ind .; E. G. Regennas, M. D., Hope, Ind .; George W. Burke, M. D., New Castle, Ind .; J. H. Ross, M. D., Kokomo, Ind .; L. T. Lowder, M. D., Bloomington, Ind.
The Indianapolis Business University, comprising Bryant & Stratton and Indianapolis Business College established in 1850 and incorporated in 1886 by the present management, is an institution for business training, for which definite purpose it is equipped in the most thorough and practical manner. It is recognized as one of the foremost educational institutions in this city. Thorough preparation is the demand, and it is upon this high plane that the Indianapolis Business University places its design and maintains its commanding position at the head of business schools. Not alone does the nniversity qualify its graduates to be competent bookkeepers, accountants, stenographers, secretaries, managers and clerks, but prepares its students to take positions so thoroughly qualified in the essentials of a business educa- tion, so disciplined in business habits, and so deserving of advancement that they rise to positions of trust and proprietorship, and finally reach the high- est attainments in business life. To accomplish this end, the most judiciously arranged courses of study are provided, which, rejecting what is cumbersome,
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present what is most useful for thoroughness and efficiency in qualifying per- sons in the best way, in the shortest time, and at the least expense, for success in the actual duties of a business life. The university places at the head of its departments of study instructors who are experts in their specialties, who are conscientious and earnest in the discharge of their duty, and who have been connected with the institution many years, consequently make the ad- vancement of the students their chief aim. The entire organization and work of the institution is under the immediate personal management of the presi- dent. ably assisted by a large faculty of experienced business educators. llc devotes his time to directing the instruction and progress of students, to se- curing them home-like comforts and advantages and toward maintaining cor- dial fellowship between the business men who employ skilled help and the students of the university who are preparing to enter desirable positions in the commercial world. The president of the college is E. J. Ileeb, an edu- cator of recognized ability and mature experience under whose management the university has been brought to its present high state of efficiency.
The Industrial Training School, occupying the block bounded by South Meridian. Garden, Merrill streets and Madison avenue, is the largest and most thoroughly equipped institution of its kind in this country. The his- tory of manual training in Indianapolis begins with the year 18So, when a course in wood-working and mechanical drawing was opened at High School No. 1. The numerous applications for admission to this department soon proved the popularity of a course of this nature in the High School curri- culum, and the school board of '91 conceived the idea of the establishment of a school in which special attention should be paid to manual training. Due principally to the untiring efforts of Mr. John P. Frenzel, the idea soon ma- terialized. The city council sanctioned the establishment of such an institu- tion, and levied a special tax of five cents per hundred dollars for its erection and maintenance. Consequently ground was purchased in '92, and the build - ing begun in March, '94. The school was opened February, IS, 1895, with 550 pupils. It has steadily grown until it now has an enrollment of Soo pupils. The curriculum of the Industrial Training School includes a regular high school course and a course in mechanic and domestic arts. The latter consists of wood-working, forging, foundry-work, pattern-making, machine- shop practice and mechanical drawing, for the boys; cooking, sewing, hygiene and home-nursing, for the girls. Further, courses in stenography, type-writ- ing and book-keeping. The faculty consists of a corps of thirty teachers, be- sides a number of assistants and instructors, and the work in all departments is complete and thorough.
The Physio-Medical College of Indiana was organized in 1873. The first session consisted of a term of sixteen weeks and was conducted by five pro- fessors, and seven students were in attendance. The college has had a marked success and steady growth since its establishment, and the course now consists of four terms of six months each as a requisite to graduation. The present faculty is composed of sixteen professors and five special lecturers,
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and 71 students are in the class of 1895-6. The building now occupied at the corner of North and Alabama streets is the property of the faculty, and ex- tended improvements by way of additional stories are contemplated. The Physio-Medical College conducts a free dispensary, where all deserving poor are treated free of charge. Clinics are held regularly on Tuesday and Fri- day of each week. The college has made a proposition to treat a large por- tion of the poor of the city who have heretofore been treated in the city dis- pensary, and thus by the co-operation of the Indiana Medical and the Cen- tral Colleges to dispense entirely with the need of the city dispensary. The officers and trustees of the college are: N. D. Woodard, M. D., president; C. T. Bedford, M. D., secretary; E. M. Outland, M. D., treasurer, and the
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trustees are J. A. Stafford, W. II. Drapier, N. R. Elliott, B. F. Coffin, A. W. Fisher, Geo. Hasty.
The Indianapolis Propylaum was incorporated June 6, ISSS, for the pur- pose of promoting and encouraging literary and scientific endeavors, also for erecting and maintaining a suitable building that would provide a center of higher culture for the public, and particularly for the women of Indianapolis. The organization of the Propylaum was due to the suggestion of Mrs. May Wright Sewall, who has from the beginning held the position of president of the association. The membership of the organization is composed exclusively of women. The leading organizations of the city, both those composed of women only, and those composed of both men and women, find in the Propy- læum suitable quarters for their meetings. The building which is owned by
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the association is strik- ing in appearance, ot modern Romanesque architecture. and con- structed of oolitic lime- stone, brick and iron. The location is beauti- 1 - ful, fronting upon the grounds of the Institu- tion for the Blind. The building is handsomely furnished throughout with exceptional facili- ties and convenient ac- commodations for club meetings, banquets, lec- tures, public and private receptions, concerts, art exhibits, and, in general. for all social, literary. musical and other gath- erings for which pri- vate houses are too small and public halls too large, too ineonve- 30.200 nient or for various rea- sons unattractive. Of- ficers: May Wright Sew- all. president; Margaret D. Chislett and Carrie GOVERNOR WHITCOMB STATUE. F. Robertson, vice-presi- dents; Eliza G. Wiley, secretary and Elizabeth Vinton Pierce, treasurer.
The Dramatic Club, which was incorporated in IS91. is the outgrowth of an organization of young ladies formed to give dramatie performances. The first play given by the club was at the Propylæum, where it still contin- ues to hold its meetings. While the prime object of the club is to enter- tain its members and friends, it has been instrumental in arousing thought and intellectual interest in the art of acting. Plays of remarkable dramatic power as well as of fine literary merit have been written by some of its members, notable among which are the productions of Mrs. Margaret Butler Snow, Miss Louise Garrard, Miss Susan Van Valkenburg and Newton Booth Tarkington. In the seven years of its existence the club has more than fulfilled the expectations of its founders, and has proved to be a public benefactor. Its plays have often been repeated for charity.
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Art Association of Indianapolis was organized at the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Sewall, May 7, 1883, and incorporated on October 11, 1883. - The object of the organization is the cultivation and advancement of art, and the establishment of a permanent art museum in this city. To this end it gives exhibitions, provides lectures and purchases works of art ; only one year since its organization has it failed to hold an annual exhibition. The as- sembly hall of the Propylæum has been used as the art gallery of the association since 1891, with the exception of one season. In May, 1895, the Art Association received substantial recognition in the will of John Herron, who bequeathed to it $200,000 to be used in the erection of a museum. Owing to a contest of the will by the relatives of Mr. Herron, no progress
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has been made in this direction. The association possesses the nucleus of an art gallery in sixteen paintings by eminent artists. The present officers are: May Wright Sewall, president; Charles E. Coffin, Amelia B. Mansur, Theodore C. Steele, vice-presidents; India C. Harris, recording secretary; Laura Fletcher Hodges, corresponding secretary, and Lillian Wright Dean, treasurer.
The Indianapolis Local Council of Women .- This organization is a re- sult of a suggestion made by Mrs. May Wright Sewall at a meeting of the stockholders of the Indianapolis Propylum, May 11, 1891. A perma- nent organization, however, was not effected until February 1, 1892. . There are now over fifty affiliated societies represented in the Council. The pur-
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